My Trip to Alpha I [Library Binding]

Alfred Slote (Author), Harold Berson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 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. Aunt Katherine is acting strangely, not like herself at all. And Frank and Ruth Arbo, the couple who manage her fantastically wealthy mining company, seem downright sinister. Something is very wrong on Alpha I -- and it's up to Jack to set things right.

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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 9 and up
  
• Library Binding
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039732510X
• ISBN-13: 978-0397325108
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,087,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jack's No Dummy, December 14, 2007

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James Charnock (USA) - See all my reviews

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

Jack lives on Earth, but he is going to visit his aunt on planet 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 this 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.]

The Creative Teacher: Activities for Language Arts (Grades 4 through 8 and Up)

5.0 out of 5 stars Trip to the Future, April 1, 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 (Library Binding)

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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4.0 out of 5 stars SWEET MAN, February 14, 2005

A Kid's Review

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

My Trip To Alpha 1

My Trip To Alpha 1 is a awesome book. It is about a boy has always want to go on a alpha one trip. To see how his grandma is because they have not herd from her for a while. So when they got the courage to go. They sent their young boy to go to alpha deck to get sent to the capital of Mars and when he gets there is something wrong with his grandma she is not attacking like her shelf.

This is a good book for people who like fantasy books and books that get out there.

Author: Slote, Alfred; Berson, Harold