Space Trap
by Monica Hughes
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When twelve-year-old Valerie and her brother and sister fall through a space trap and are transmitted to an alien planet, they seek ways to return to the thirty-second century.Tags
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Monica Hughes was born in Liverpool, England on November 3, 1925. Before joining the Women's Royal Naval Service, she lived in Egypt as a child and went to school in Scotland. During World War II, she worked on breaking German codes. In 1952, she immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and began working at Ottawa's National Research Council. She show more started writing survival stories and science fiction novels for young adults. Her works include the Isis trilogy and Hunter in the Dark. She won numerous awards including the Phoenix Award for literary merit. She was named to the Order of Canada in 2002. She died from a stroke on March 7, 2003 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- It began with a game of hide-and-seek, and that would have never happened either if Valerie hadn't lost her temper.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Well, there wasn't much she could do about it right now, except talk to Mother and Father about how she felt. And then work hard at growing up herself, so that maybe one day she could be part of the decisions.
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