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The Girl Who Fought Back

David Collins (2025-12-04)

Subgenre
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesWanderers #
Setting
CSM age13

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Synopsis

Daniel Baker, Sue Glitch, Leon Price, and Vicki Ferdinand are embarking on a new adventure. They discovered a clue about the location of the missing alien race, the one that predates all of the known species in the Collective, but no trace of them has been seen in 100,000 years. They need to recruit additional crew members for the mission. The trip will take months just to travel one way. They pick up some skilled mechanics and what they assume will be plenty of spare parts. Unfortunately, what they discover will require more than they brought with them. They find a war-ravaged planet, where the survivors are reduced to jungle-dwelling primitives, and the remaining AIs are intent on exterminating all the surviving aliens.

Tags

Space OperaScience FantasyAdventure SFMilitary Science Fiction

Is The Girl Who Fought Back appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

This space opera adventure contains war themes including genocide and AI-driven extermination of survivors, plus discovery of devastated civilizations. Violence is present but likely not graphically detailed.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include genocide, war, and violence (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Teens will enjoy this crew's quest to find a missing alien civilization and their high-stakes survival mission on a war-torn planet.