![]() He observes most of the kids he has known are "some shade of brown." His mom is black and his dad, white. "Space Case" is a fast-moving, suspenseful story with a mind-tingling ending.ĭash adds wry humor, from descriptions of Roddy, a kid who lives mostly in a computer-generated world, to super-rich Nordic tourist kids, to his little sister's antics, to Kira trying to walk in lower gravity.ĭash lives in a time of great diversity. The arrival of a supply spaceship brings a new friend, Kira, 12, who wants to help find the killer. ![]() ![]() But Dash finds too many suspects not to keep investigating. The base commander orders Dash not to discuss his suspicions. He doesn't believe it was an accident or suicide. The next morning, Dash learns Holtz died during an unauthorized moon walk. Most of all, he's bored.īut that's only until he makes a late-night run to the "evil" suction-like toilets in the communal bathroom and overhears Holtz, a scientist, telling someone he's made "the most important discovery in all of human history." He plans to announce it tomorrow. ![]() Instead, he sleeps in a pod that resembles a "tomb," and the food is dehydrated. He expected great accommodations and food. It's 2041, and it's 12-year-old Dashiell "Dash" Gibson's 188th day on the first moon base.ĭash bought into all of NASA's hype about the excitement and prestige of being among the first people - scientists, their families and others - selected to live on the moon. ![]()
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