The Softwire: Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3
Candlewick Press · Hardcover · April 14, 2009
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- Who it’s for
- A cyber-fueled sci-fi adventure mixes alien danger, cryptic threats, and school-day tensions.
- Themes
- Wormhole piracy, Telepathy, Bullying
- Pacing
- Fast
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Hang on to your transport! Wormhole pirates close in on JT and his friends in part three of the cyber-fueled sci-fi adventure. It’s not a good sign: before Johnny Turnbull and his fellow knudniks even land on Orbis 3, a band of wormhole pirates invades their shuttle and deliver a cryptic threat to JT.
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And even though JT and his friends are thrilled to find out that they’ll get a reprieve from work this rotation (except for going to school with a bunch of bullying Citizens), JT senses something sinister in the air. Could that be a wormhole pirate he keeps spotting, with an alien skull and crossbones on his arm? Why is Max acting strangely whenever she’s around JT? Who is luring JT into a deadly competitive game? And why is his telepathic sister, Ketheria, suddenly getting sick? Prime your neural implant for some nonstop action and intrigue in a new episode starring the fi rst human softwire.
Wormhole Trouble
A cyber-fueled sci-fi adventure mixes alien danger, cryptic threats, and school-day tensions.
Come here for
- Wormhole pirates and a shuttle under siege
- A telepathic sister, a strange game, and mounting intrigue
Expect
- Fast-moving action and uneasy mysteries
- Teen life tangled with alien peril
Where it sits
| Alien Contact for Teens | 87% |
|---|---|
| YA Pirate Adventures | 66% |
| Space Opera for Teens | 55% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Pirate Adventures
- YA Tech & Digital Life
- Alien Contact for Teens
- Authors
- PJ Haarsma
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- April 14, 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Wormhole piracy · Telepathy · Bullying
- Reading lane
- YA Pirate Adventures