Peter, Joella, and Lianne are forced onto a spaceship and taken to the planet Vexa where they are made to perform death-defying stunts for their alien captors. Joella has never been a good gymnast and now she faces the unspeakable alternative--becoming a Vexan's pet. Then she discovers the hair-raising truth--they've never left Earth! Who's behind this elaborate hoax and why? Young Adult.
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Gr. 7^-10. Rubinstein's riveting psychological thriller was named an honor book by the Australian Children's Book Council, and it's certain to be popular on this side of the Pacific, too. When 13-year-old Joey, her older brother, Peter, and younger sister, Liane, are kidnapped, they believe they have been abducted by aliens and removed to the planet Vexak. Along with 20 other children from Earth, they become Peb and are trained as acrobats to perform in the Galax-Arena for the Vexa, who thrive on vicarious danger. After failing as an acrobat, unathletic Joey becomes an isolated Vexan kid-pet, a situation that allows her to learn the truth about her captivity and acquire the courage and means to escape. Rubinstein's Galax-Arena is chillingly real--from the Peb pidgin language to the children's gradual loss of innocence. Readers will be reminded of Sleator's House of Stairs as Joey watches Liane and Peter teeter on the brink of sanity. The story will also have teens wondering how they themselves would respond when reality proves more horrific for Joey and her fellows than the nightmarish Galax-Arena. A first-rate thriller that will leave readers hoping for a sequel and send them back to the shelves for the author's previous books. Chris Sherman
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Best. Science Fiction book. Ever. This book is extremely creepy, yet extremely hard to put down. Watch out, everybody. This story has more twists turns than a Harry Potter book, and the ending is the most shocking of them all. Read this book.
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A good introduction for Science-Ficition,
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For any young readers who don't have an idea of Science-Ficitoin novels, you should start by reading this astonishing book. It's will suck you in the science-ficition and fantasy realm. If you have any chance in reading the book, just grab it and read the first three chapters and after that, you won't be able to put the book back to it's place. Enjoy...
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the book was such an amazing novel! It is incredible how the author came up with the idea! I recomend it greatly! In my opinion it is higher than 5 stars!
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