Galax-Arena [Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Gillian Rubinstein (Author), Rowena Mohr (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2001

Joella, her brother Peter and sister Liane, are kidnapped and transported to become pets and entertainers for an alien species, Vexa, whose lives depend on these children and their gravity-defying feats in the specially-created Galax-Arena, a hothouse of rivalry and death.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Louis Braille Audio; Unabridged edition (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0732011485
• ISBN-13: 978-0732011482
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, July 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Galax-Arena (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction for Science-Ficition, July 3, 2004

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This review is from: Galax-Arena (Mass Market Paperback)

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...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!, October 21, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Galax-Arena (Mass Market Paperback)

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!