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At some point, I must have fallen asleep.
I say that for two reasons. First, my chin
was wet with drool, and I hardly ever slobber on myself when I’m awake. And
second, I was no longer on Earth.
I sat bolt upright and stared out the
window as distant stars whizzed past in a blur. There were no planets in sight,
and judging by the swirling purple nebula ahead of me, this wasn’t the way to
Nana’s house. I checked the navigation screen and felt my mouth drop open. The
flashing beacon that represented my ship was halfway between Earth and Fasti.
(So you see, it is totally possible to
steal a spaceship on accident.)
I guess my hand hit the EXECUTE button when
I fell asleep. And because it would take just as long for me to turn around and
go home as it would to finish my journey, it made sense to keep going, right?
Either way, my parents would ground me into the afterlife, so I might as well
earn the sentence, right?
Right.
An electric thrill rushed through my veins
when I thought about the possibilities that lay ahead of me. Anything could
happen on this trip. Literally anything. I could discover a brand-new element.
Or meet a secret race of aliens. Or invent a new energy source. Or eat so much
chocolate that I puked. Either way, I had complete freedom to make this journey
into whatever I wanted, and once I realized that, there was no freaking way I
could turn back. It was like the universe had dropped a gift in my lap, a gift
I had no intention of returning.
I wiped the drool off my chin and smiled.
“Hold onto your stars, Fasti. Here I come.”
Pitched as "Home Alone in space," a
young science prodigy who runs away in his family spaceship must team up with a
plucky mutant to save the Earth from destruction.
Scheduled for publication Summer 2019.
It is not possible to buy Blastaway yet, but hopefully soon. When it shows up, in will be here on Amazon and The Book Depository.
Melissa Landers is a former teacher who left the classroom to pursue
other worlds. A proud sci-fi geek, she isn’t afraid to wear her Princess Leia
costume in public—just ask her kids. She lives just outside Cincinnati in the
town of Loveland, “Sweetheart of Ohio.”
Where to find Melissa Landers:
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The story sounds as fun as the cover!
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The cover is super cute. Sounds like fun!
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