Adam Beecham and Dan Hipp, What I Did On My Interstellar Summer Vacation

What I Did On My Interstellar Summer Vacation

Adam Beecham and Dan Hipp

Actionopolis, October 2006, $12.95, 178 pp.

ISBN: 0974280364

Teddy Harper is not looking forward to summer vacation, because his parents enrolled him in Summer Science. Prince Al'ak of the planet Manoosh is not allowed to leave the royal compound and see the world outside. He uses the Manoosh crystal and is transported to Teddy's room. When Teddy arrives: the two lads talk and agree to change places.

Prince Al'ak shows Teddy how to use a holo-imager that makes him look like the prince. Teddy then uses the Manoosh crystal to go to Al'ak's world. He hears the king's bodyguard and advisor talk about the coup they are planning. Teddy, with the help of Al'ak's friend Ker'plok, leaves the compound and asks Ker-plok's father, the leader of the citizen's army to fight the traitors in the royal guard to preserve the monarchy. He agrees to do so if Teddy can cause a diversion, dismantle the null field and find a way to delay the royal advisor from giving the word to start the coup.

This science fiction Prince and the Pauper space adventure will appeal to young readers who like stories with lots of action, descriptions of another world and a hero who just wants to have fun, but instead he finds himself trying to save an alien world's government. The black and white illustrations add a nice touch to a fast paced sci-fi adventure tale.