The Search for Our Cosmic Neighbours

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Commander Julia and her team had one mission: to go out into the vast unknown and answer the greatest question of our universe: ‘Are we alone?’ But after visiting countless moons and planets of every size and colour, they have still found absolutely nothing. Commander Julia makes the call: it is time to return home; they will try ONE last planet. It is here, on this seemingly desolated wasteland, just as their patience and hope has finally faded, that they will find the answer they’ve been looking for all this time. And new questions will arise about what to do next, and about who they are, and what it means it have a home.

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“Savage probes limitless space in this beautiful and philosophical story. Seamlessly blending scientific exploration with a great adventure full of humour, this is a brilliant picture book.” – The Bookseller

“send(s) a subtle yet potent message that science and space exploration are for everyone. Clever, funny, and worth discussing.” – STARRED Kirkus Review

Join Chloe Savage – winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2024: Best Illustrated Book – on a journey across the cosmos with Commander Julia, her team of Astro scientists and her trusty dog, Khan, as they search for life in the stars. Travelling for ten years in their packed spaceship, they visit countless moons and planets of every size and colour, searching for the answer to the greatest question of all: “Are we alone?”

And, just as they’re about to give up ? Khan leads them to an incredible discovery – the existence of a (friendly!) alien race. Getting to know this welcoming species calls into question everything these space explorers have ever known – about what to do next, who they are, and what it means to have a home…

Sure to be a favourite for aspiring astronauts and will inspire a love of science, space exploration, and nurture curiosity in the solar system and our galaxy, and beyond. This book is filled with Chloe’s incredible trademark detail – space stations, spaceship cross-sections, and underground crystal caves.

The Artemis III mission aims to land astronauts on the moon in 2026 ? and, after that, what’s next?

Part of the HIDDEN WONDERS series for children: award-winning, picture book adventures where science meets myth and magic, making STEM accessible to all children.

Also in this series:

– The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish
– The Search for Carmella

Additional information

Weight 0.42 kg
Dimensions 30.4 × 21.4 × 1 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

40

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J