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Space Boy

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Summary

Is it space travel that children dream of, or merely visiting other worlds? Todd had always set his heart on being an astronaut, but when he meets an alien and travels to another world, he doesn't use a spaceship; he just hangs out in his own back yard.

In Space Boy, Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game, takes listeners into a strange and wonderful future, where people from another world regularly visit Earth, usually without being noticed. And when humans travel to their world, they find themselves dangerously weak and powerless, until Todd finds a way to set both worlds to rights.

By turns funny and painful, Space Boy is Card at his best, exploring human nature for the entertainment of readers young and old.
©2007 Orson Scott Card (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc.
Science Fiction & Fantasy Heartfelt Funny Kids Fiction Space Science Fiction Anthology
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"Card works both pathos and humor into this tale of a family pulling together to rescue one of their own." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Nice short story

It was a well written, fun little story. Well narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

I haven’t read any of this author’s work before, I plan to check some of it out.

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Space. Boy Audio book

An interesting and enjoyable short story by a favorite author, Orson Scott Card. Good listen

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