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The Proving: The Zambinos of Blue Hill [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Will Azeperak (Author)
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By the mid twenty-first century civilization will be colonizing the near reaches of the solar system. Honor and honesty will be highly valued. People may choose to receive a brain implant, called a grain, which imparts great knowledge. It is customary to perform a proving-a feat of intellect that proves that the grain is working.

In the year 2063, you will find the Zambino family residing at 125 Puffin Rock Road in Blue Hill, Maine. Even for these remarkable times the Zambinos are not your average family. Chookanoo Zambino and his genetically engineered, adopted brother Scoom can't wait to get their grains and then, build a spacecraft for their proving.

They can count on help from family, friends and the household robot, Zimbit.

But, ancient spirits from beyond have a different proving for the Zambino boys. What do they have in common with a Civil War solder, a Nez Pierce warrior, a Roman centurion and the crew of a schooner that disappeared in 1891? Discover the secret reason Scoom was genetically engineered by a renegade scientist.

So, liquefy some electricity and fire up the hyperbaric engines-it's time to go for a ride with the Zambinos of Blue Hill.

About the Author
Will Azeperak is a Product Engineer who designs many strange new products. Perhaps you have used some them? He lives in Florida, near Cape Canaveral with his wife and three children. He believes that we all have a very bright future, and he wishes to share that vision with you.


Product Details
  • Reading level: Young Adult
  • Paperback: 284 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (November 16, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0595298540
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595298549
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,165,677 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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5:25 PM PDT, June 17, 2008, updated at 9:39 AM PDT, June 17, 2008

Would you believe that back in the Seventies, when I was just a just a kid, I took home movies of the Apollo Astronauts on the moon – as it happened?
 
No?     
 
Well, I did. 
 
You see, me and my best friend Dave had our own space program that we ran right out of our home basements and garages in Rochester , New York .   All through grammar school right through to day the Apollo 17 Lunar Excursion Module blasted off from the moon, we were obsessed with the space program.
 
I can’t tell you how many cardboard boxes and tree forts me and Dave cut up and altered into Gemini and Apollo space capsules.  We would construct the spacecraft simulators in the basement. Outside the windows of the ship we would hang a bed sheet and project slides of the Moon and Earth from behind.  My Dad worked for Kodak, on the Lunar Orbiter project, so we had lots of moon slides and photos.
 
We peddled our bikes all around the neighborhood with screw drivers and wire cutters stuffed in our back pockets.  We sought out any derelict washing machine or TV pushed to the curb for garbage pickup.  When we found one, we’d harvest its electronic guts and switch panels and leave behind a dismantled mass of machine parts and cut wires.
 
Our big plan was to build an exact replica of the Lunar Rover and drive it in triumph amongst our Scout Troop in the