Platt, Richard
Galactic mission / Richard Platt - 128 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. - Dorling Kindersley readers., 3, Reading alone. .
Includes index: page 126.
Contents ? 4 Introduction -- 6 Star facts alpha centauri ? 8 100 years of global warming ? 10 Chapter 1: Into orbit ? 28 Chapter 2: All aboard? ? 44 Chapter 3: Activate the relatively drive! ? 58 Chapter 4: Lucy, we have a problem! ? 74 Chapter 5: An Amazing discovery ? 90 Chapter 6: Destination earth 2.0 ? 106 Chapter 7: Landing ? 122 Galactic mission quiz ? 124 Glossary ? 125 Index ? 126 Guide for parents
Summary Year 2098: planet earth is dying. Five schoolchildren embark on a life-or-death mission to the distant star system of Alpha Centauri to find a new home. Right from the start, the mission goes wrong, and the children find themselves alone, facing the dangers ahead, using their courage and wits. But is everyone not as they seem?
9781409351825
Science fiction.
Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction.
FIC P6976
Galactic mission / Richard Platt - 128 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm. - Dorling Kindersley readers., 3, Reading alone. .
Includes index: page 126.
Contents ? 4 Introduction -- 6 Star facts alpha centauri ? 8 100 years of global warming ? 10 Chapter 1: Into orbit ? 28 Chapter 2: All aboard? ? 44 Chapter 3: Activate the relatively drive! ? 58 Chapter 4: Lucy, we have a problem! ? 74 Chapter 5: An Amazing discovery ? 90 Chapter 6: Destination earth 2.0 ? 106 Chapter 7: Landing ? 122 Galactic mission quiz ? 124 Glossary ? 125 Index ? 126 Guide for parents
Summary Year 2098: planet earth is dying. Five schoolchildren embark on a life-or-death mission to the distant star system of Alpha Centauri to find a new home. Right from the start, the mission goes wrong, and the children find themselves alone, facing the dangers ahead, using their courage and wits. But is everyone not as they seem?
9781409351825
Science fiction.
Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction.
FIC P6976