The Princess of Neptune - Softcover

Dodd, Quentin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983994293 ISBN 13: 9780983994299

Publisher: Snake Year Press, 2016

Synopsis

Formula for Adventure:

• A teenage punk-rock drummer and her pesky younger brother
• A doomed effort to get a good grade in science class
• A world-famous research institute, led by a fearless father and son
• A terrible secret behind a beloved fast-food franchise
• An intergalactic beatuty pageant
• A singing cockroach from the moon
• An entire planet afraid to go to the mall
• A deranged plot to become the world’s biggest pop star

Mix them all together and you get. . .

Confused?

No!

A hilarious novel by Quentin Dodd?

Yes!

About this title

About the Author

Quentin Dodd is the award-winning author of BEATNIK RUTABAGAS FROM BEYOND THE STARS, THE PRINCESS OF NEPTUNE, TENNIS CAMP OF THE LIVING DEAD, and the TOMMY FRASIER series. Quentin collects old cameras and loves black-and-white science-fiction movies. He lives in Indiana with his wife and two children.

From Booklist

Gr. 5-8. As in Dodd's Beatnik Rutabagas from Outer Space (2003), the plot of his second screwball sf comedy is pretty much beside the point. Suffice it to say that the story involves an intergalactic beauty pageant on Neptune; that a junior-high girl named Theora Theramin is recruited to compete for Earth; and that Theora's skills as a punk-rock drummer foil a mass-hypnosis plot masterminded by her science teacher. The contemporary frame of reference keeps this B-movie send-up from seeming overly nostalgic. In addition to the girl-band theme, there's a running joke about cockroaches and fast-food restaurants, and Theora's task in the talent competition is to kill the "Beast of the (Shopping) Mall." Though epic frivolity is the main attraction here, female genre fans will also appreciate Dodd's decision to feature a girl protagonist--especially one like Theora, whose unflappable aura and deadpan wit have gender-neutral appeal. Hand this to those slightly geeky, goofy kids (you know who they are) whose tastes and reading level fall somewhere between Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants series and Douglas Adams' adult sf. Jennifer Mattson
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Edition details

• Publisher: Snake Year Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0983994293
• ISBN 13: 9780983994299
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 213