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It is a delightful read for the young and the not so young. I very much enjoyed the book and can not wait until the next book in the series is out.


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Space Runners #1 The Moon Platoon Jeramey Kraatz 9780062445971 Books Reviews

This book follows an outsider as he comes to understand his place and the power of doing the right thing. It has bad guys doing things for good reasons and good guys making mistakes.
Loved it! A great book for people of all ages! Just a warning it does swear a few times. But other than that it is very good! I really enjoy this authors work since all of his books that I’ve read so far are about how kids can be just as great as adults, if not better! You should definitely read this book!
Benny is super excited he was chosen to be a scholarship winner for a two week visit to Elijah West's Lunar Taj on the Moon. He's hoping that this experience and the money he's promised after the trip will get his family a more permanent home so they can get out of the Drylands. After landing on the Moon, though, some strange things happen. Benny could leave things in Elijah's hands, but his new friends are also curious and dissatisfied with Elijah's responses. They start to do some investigating themselves and stumble upon a find that will rock their worlds and challenge them like never before.

This starts off like your typical camp story, only it is set on the Moon and the experiences all revolve around cool tech/space cars. It soon escalates after an accident with one of the Space Runners and a strange asteroid that seems to have brought it down. Benny and his friends are quite the curious crew. They all have their own gifts. Benny is a good leader who cares about others. Drue is the spoiled rich kid who bought a scholarship, but may secretly have some good qualities. Jasmine is a science genius. Hot Dog is a driving champ. And Ramona is a tech genius. The five of them manage to get in trouble together more than once, but it proves to be a good thing they are so curious. The climax gets a bit more serious as the secrets they uncover have major ramifications for everyone on Earth and the Moon. I liked the imaginative setting and the spectrum of characters. Kraatz built in surprising depth to several characters. Most readers will be able to guess some of the big secret but maybe not all, and there's still some tantalizing hints of secrets untold yet to keep readers interested in the next book. I wasn't always happy with the ways the kids went about uncovering secrets but I'm sure younger readers will find it more exciting.

Notes on content About four minor swear words (I'm not sure if that's because this is the British version and that word isn't considered as bad there, but to American readers this edition will have some minor swearing.) No sexual content. There are a few perilous situations but just scratches on page, and there are likely deaths after one situation (but you aren't sure).
I didn't think that the souped up Chevelle-in-space that was on the cover was a good sign. Then we met the really decent poor kid, the spoiled Senator's kid, the shy techy girl, and the hot shot racing girl, all on the way to space camp on the Moon, and I figured this was going to be a campy or cartoony cavalcade of cliches. Well, please excuuuuse me for being such a snot. Turns out that this book, in my now very humbled opinion, was a clever, well written, entertaining and engaging hoot of a middle grade space actioner.

Our hero, Benny, is in fact a decent poor kid. But you know what? That mostly comes across in his appreciation of the neat things he's getting to see and do, and he comes across as steady, resourceful, grounded and practical. He is a remarkably appealing character, with a deadpan sense of humor, and fine as the center of the story. The spoiled kid is not a caricature. Well, he is, but he develops some depth and grows up during the course of the adventure. The shy techy Jazz has some real backbone. Hotshot Grace is girrrrl power with a sense of humor and real skilz, not just a nod to a few girl readers. This is a well conceived and well presented team, and watching them get used to each other and begin to trust and like each other was enjoyable, (and carried an appealing subtle message about friendship and teamwork).

The tech angle was handled well. The reader is perfectly willing to buy the whole mega resort on the Moon set up, and the bigger than life genius-billionaire-adventurer-guru who ran the place was often the butt of sly humor. The supporting characters at the resort, composed mostly of heroic master of the universe types, were also gently sent up. More interesting, though, were all the technical thingies. This is a sort of motor-heads in space story, so that Chevelle wasn't too far off. And all of the other tech that's described or just off-handedly acknowledged should spark the imaginations of most young readers.

There is more of a plot than just "who's the best camper?", what with aliens and invasions and that whole saving the Earth thing, but it's suspenseful and rollicking and action packed and over the top, and so just the thing to spark a high end space adventure. JUST A MILD SPOILER - think along the lines of "Star Wars" and that darn Death Star.

My bottom line was that I thought the whole project was a hoot. I liked the characters and their style; the tone of the book was generally upbeat, (there is some look-how-we-messed-up-the-Earth monologuing), and sort of breathless, and under the hood the engine just purred along. This is in many ways an old-school friends adventure, updated with high tech and space blarney, and isn't that a nice find?

(Please note that I received a free advance ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
It is a delightful read for the young and the not so young. I very much enjoyed the book and can not wait until the next book in the series is out.