The Valorim are about to fall to a dark lord when they send a necklace containing their planet across the cosmos, hurtling past a trillion stars . . . all the way into the lunchbox of Tommy Pepper, sixth grader, of Plymouth, Mass. Mourning his late mother, Tommy doesn't notice much about the chain he found, but soon he is drawing the twin suns and humming the music of a hanorah. As Tommy absorbs the art and language of the Valorim, their enemies target him. When a creature begins ransacking Plymouth in search of the chain, Tommy learns he must protect his family from villains far worse than he's ever imagined.
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CONFESSION: I probably only read 2/3 of this book because I skimmed all the italicized Space Drama and only read the parts on Earth. The Earth parts were funny and compelling but the Space parts were soo boring to me. People who are big fans of High Fantasy and aren't annoyed by long ficticious family tree drama would probably like the Space parts too. I'm pretty sure I understood all the Earth parts without reading the Space parts? If not: whatevs.
The most disappointing read of the year for me so far. How did this come from [a:Gary D. Schmidt 96375 Gary D. Schmidt https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1212433377p2/96375.jpg], author of one of the best YA books I've ever read? (see:[b:Okay for Now 9165406 Okay for Now Gary D. Schmidt https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388860777s/9165406.jpg 14044509])I don't read a lot of science fiction, but this didn't feel right to me at all. The thing is, without all the alien nonsense, the plot was pretty classic Schmidt (middle school boy in angst, hijinks in school, teacher as role model, principal as pseudo-villain or at least weirdo) and I'm just wondering why he chose sci-fi as the “hook.” NOT recommended.
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