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My Junkyard Starship

Marc Stapleton ()

Subgenre
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesInterstellar Birthright #
Setting
CSM age10

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Death of ParentGrief

Positive tags

AdventureFound FamilyHumorMystery

Tropes

Found FamilyAI AwakeningSentient ShipLost ColonyReluctant HeroSpace OperaFish out of WaterHidden Legacy

Themes

Grief and LossFound FamilyIdentity and LegacyComing of AgeAdventure and DiscoveryMystery

Synopsis

Jace thought he’d inherited a dusty old ranch. What he really got was a flying rust bucket and a cosmic mess with his name all over it… Weeks after his beloved father’s passing, Jace Jones is surprised to discover he’s been left a ranch in the middle of nowhere; a place so remote, even the tumbleweeds are lonely. Curious and confused, he makes the trip... only to watch a starship drop out of the sky and obliterate the entire property! Inside the smoking wreck? No crew, and no answers. Just a sarcastic onboard AI, a storage bay stuffed with useless contraband, and a mysterious set of coordinates burned into the flight computer. And if all that wasn’t puzzling enough, the ship greets Jace like he’s its long-lost captain… Now, dizzily launched into a deep space adventure alongside his sass-bot copilot, sustained by critical circuitry held together with tape, and troubled by the prospect of a shadowy alien stowaway, Jace must unravel a galactic mystery tied to a past he never knew he had. Turns out, some legacies aren’t handed down in wills… They come screaming out of the sky, loaded with secrets, sarcasm, and space grease.

Tags

Space AdventureHumorous SFAI CompanionMystery