Eighth Grade vs. the Machines
Eighth Grade vs. the Machines
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Lerner Publications
Just the Series: Adventures of the PSS 118 Vol. 2   

Series and Publisher: Adventures of the PSS 118   

Annotation: Seventh grade didnt end especially well for Jack, thanks to some hostile aliens. After the entire population of Earth's... more
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #6774467
Format: Paperback
Special Formats: Chapter Book Chapter Book
Copyright Date: 2021
Edition Date: 2021 Release Date: 08/01/23
Pages: 272 pages
ISBN 13: 979-87-656-0814-2
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2020012588
Dimensions: 21 cm
Language: English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (Thu Oct 03 00:00:00 CDT 2024)

The students of Public School Spaceship 118 face threats both new and continuing as they get set to hunt for the rest of the human race-which has mysteriously vanished.Though he barely gives the main plotline set up in Seventh Grade vs. the Galaxy (2019) a nudge forward, Levy does pitch his three main characters-Jack, Becka, and Ari-into a nonstop whirl of captures, escapes, betrayals, exchanges of blaster fire, racing hoverbikes, and fresh tussles with both interstellar queen bee the Minister and school bully Hunter. Repaired at last and outfitted with upgraded weaponry, the school lifts off from the depopulated Earth…and is immediately hijacked by rebellious robots who have taken over a gigantic space mall and declared independence. Along with tucking in clear signs (from a robot buccaneer complete with peg leg to encounters with a furry alien and her moms from the planet Meerkat Prime) that despite all the gunplay none of this should be taken too seriously, the author closes with a broad hint that either someone has a hidden agenda or it's all been just a VR simulation. Curiosity about which it is, plus the nonstop action, may keep readers forging on as cryptic clues lead from a library planet to a second uninhabited world yet to be visited. Aside from occasional name cues, markers of race or ethnicity are minimal; the three leads read as White.Thin on character and plot development but action aplenty. (Science fiction. 9-13)

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Kirkus Reviews (Thu Oct 03 00:00:00 CDT 2024)
Word Count: 55,075
Reading Level: 4.4
Interest Level: 4-7
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.4 / points: 8.0 / quiz: 523604 / grade: Middle Grades

Seventh grade didnt end especially well for Jack, thanks to some hostile aliens.

After the entire population of Earth's solar system is whisked away by alien technology, Jack and his classmates and teachers aboard the PSS 118 are the only humans left. But its a new school year aboard the new and improved PSS 118, and the public school spaceship is on a mission to find and rescue the rest of humanity from the evil Ministers plans. If they can avoid the aliens hunting them down, steer clear of a robot civil war, and figure out who among them might be a traitor, Jack and his friends might just survive middle school.

"Hilarious, high-stakes, un-put-downable fun."Jarrett Lerner, author of the EngiNerds series

"Another amazing trip across the galaxy with the students of PSS 118!" Monica Tesler, author of the Bounders series


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