Spacer and Rat - Hardcover

Bechard, Margaret

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ISBN 10: 1596430583 ISBN 13: 9781596430587

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press, 2005

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Jack knows who belongs out in the Black. And who doesn't -- until Kit comes walking into the pub and changes everything he believes about the Black, about the people who live there, about what it takes to be a human being. Margaret Bechard set out to write an adventure story with laser guns ad spaceships. Then, she says, "there was a big step and a long fall off a cliff while I realized that my characters didn't want to do the stuff I had in my mind; they had plans of their own." The result: a fast-paced space adventure and a short story about human feeling and growing up -- science fiction for those who love SF; riveting fiction for those who don't.

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About the Author:

Margaret Bechard is the author of Star Hatchling, winner of the DucKon Golden Duck Award for Excellence in Science Fiction, and Hanging On to Max, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. She lives in Tigard, Oregon.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 7-10–Jack, who has spent his whole life in space, is preparing to leave his apprenticeship on Freedom for a new position on Liberty Station. On his way back from the spaceport, he runs into an Earthie named Kit. She is considered a rat, a pejorative term the Spacers use to refer to anyone who doesn't contribute to society, particularly Earthie children abandoned by their parents. Kit has in her possession a modified maintenance bot that is a highly intelligent and sentient being. Protecting this extremely useful and illegal tech and evading the various forces out to get possession of it forms the basis of the adventure. In the process, Jack's views about his future, his attitudes, and his preconceived notions about others are all transformed. The book is loaded with literary references to science-fiction writers as well as very funny and appealing space slang. A gripping and gritty look at a vividly realized future world.–June H. Keuhn, Corning East High School, NY
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