My Trip to Alpha I [Paperback]

Alfred Slote (Author), Harold Berson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Traveling by VOYA-CODE, it takes Jack only a few seconds to get to the planet where his aunt lives, six million light years away. Jack has gone to Alpha I to help his aunt move to Earth. But Aunt Katherine is acting very strangely, not like herself at all. And Frank and Ruth Arbo, the couple who manage her fantastically wealthy mining company, seem downright sinister. What on Earth-or Alpha I -- is going on?

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About the Author

Alfred Slote is the author of over thirty books, most of them for young people.He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (June 12, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064401669
• ISBN-13: 978-0064401661
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #380,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trip to the Future, April 2, 2007

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Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Trip to Alpha I (Paperback)

Here's the booktalk I used in presenting this to students: Jack was making his first trip by Voya-Code from earth to the Planet Alpha I. It was 6 million light years away, but the trip would only take a few seconds by Voya-Code. It seemed more like going to the hospital than going on a trip. First you are wired up to the computer and then given a shot. When you woke up, you're there. At least your personality and mind are there. Your body stayed behind on the old planet in sleep storage until you returned.
On the new planet, you have an identical body, a dummy, to use until you return. All went well with his trip, but when he arrived at Alpha I, Jack discovered that strange things were happening there.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Out of This World Adventure, August 29, 2003

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This review is from: My Trip to Alpha I (Paperback)

Jack didn't want to go to Alpha I. But Aunt Katherine had specifically asked for him to come and help her pack up to return to Earth. And she'd even paid for him to travel by voya-code. But when he gets there, something doesn't seem right. All she can talk about are the Arbos, her servants. And they seem too nice. What's really going on? And can Jack stop it all by himself?

I had read the author's other science fiction as a kid, but never gotten around to this one. I really missed out. The story is fairly straight forward, but it's lots of fun. The future world presented is interesting, and will capture kid's imagination.

The book is short, but will appeal to kids just beginning to read chapter books.

5.0 out of 5 stars Jack's No Dummy, August 2, 2007

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James Charnock (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Trip to Alpha I (Paperback)

Jack lives on Earth, but he is going to visit his aunt on plant Alpha I. He'll travel there in only a few seconds by "voya-code." His identical-looking dummy on Alpha I will "come to life" as a result of a computer input, and his real body will "sleep" until the code of his real self is programmed back into it.

Well, anyway, Jack discovers that his aunt, who's supposed to be real, is a dummy. But why? And how can he foil the masters of his aunt?

[Science fiction for the intermediate grades.]

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