Star Wars meets Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers in this high-stakes intergalactic adventure

Dark Side of the Moon is the thrilling second installment in an action-packed series for tweens that's perfect for fans of Eoin Colfer and Lisa McMann and that Soman Chainani called "a blockbuster mix of thrills and adrenaline."

When he won a trip to the moon, Benny Love never thought that his vacation would involve battling aliens determined to destroy Earth. He and his friends in the Moon Platoon are able to fight off the first wave of attacks, but their genius leader Elijah West has now gone missing. And Earth is still in very real danger.

As Benny and the gang gear up for the aliens' next attacks, they discover that Elijah's research partner, who's long been presumed dead, is actually alive and living on the dark side of the moon. He knows things about the aliens that can help the Moon Platoon defeat them--but can he be trusted?

They don't have long to decide, because the aliens are on their way--and they're coming for Benny and his friends first.

Author: Jeramey Kraatz
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 02/06/2018
Series: Space Runners #2
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780062446008
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 197064 / Dark Side of the Moon


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2017
School Library Journal 01/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 81 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Kraatz, Jeramey: -

Jeramey Kraatz is the author of the Space Runners series and the Cloak Society series, and he is a graduate of the MFA writing program at Columbia University. Jeramey lives in Texas, where he sometimes teaches, sometimes writes cartoon scripts, and is always up for queso. You can fi nd him at www.jerameykraatz.com or on Twitter @jerameykraatz.