The Way Back Home
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · April 10, 2008
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- Who it’s for
- A playful space adventure finds common ground in the dark, far from home.
- Themes
- Friendship, Common ground across differences, Fear and loneliness
- Pacing
- Fast
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The Aliens Do NOT Want to Go HomeAdam Gustavson58% matchAlso shares Alien Contact
Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night?Brianna Caplan Sayres57% match
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From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes an imaginative tale of friendship in a world where what makes us different isn't nearly as important as what makes us the same. When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space! Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty.
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The boy executes a daring landing on the moon . . . but there’s no telling what kind of slimy, slithering, tentacled, fangtoothed monsters lurk in the darkness! (Plus, it’s dark and lonely out there.) Coincidentally, engine trouble has stranded a young Martian on the other side of the moon, and he’s just as frightened and alone. Martian, Earthling—it’s all the same when you’re in need of a friend.
Moonlit Friendship
A playful space adventure finds common ground in the dark, far from home.
Come here for
- A boy’s airplane, a moon landing, and a hint of lurking monsters
- An Earthling and Martian who discover they’re not so different
Expect
- A gentle blend of spaceflight, lonely nerves, and friendship
- Imaginative adventure with a warm-hearted view of difference
Where it sits
| Space Exploration Fiction | 70% |
|---|---|
| Alien Contact | 61% |
| Friendship | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Big Feelings
- Friendship
- Planes & Flying
- Authors
- Oliver Jeffers
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- April 10, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Friendship · Common ground across differences · Fear and loneliness
- Reading lane
- Big Feelings