Informationen zum Autor Christopher Pike is a bestselling young adult novelist and has published several adult books as wellSati and The Season of Passage being the most popular. In YA, his Last Vampire seriesoften called Thirstis a big favorite among his fans. Pike was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in Los Angeles. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his longtime partner, Abir. Currently, several of Pike's books are being adapted for the screen, including The Midnight Club, which Netflix released as part of a ten-part series. At the moment, Pike is hard at work on a new YA series. Klappentext One late night Adam and his friends see bright lights in the skyNlights that look suspiciously like UFOs. Then, the next night, one of the ships lands by the reservoir, and strange creatures exit the ship. Worse, they want Adam and his friends to join them for a little ride in space. In fact, the aliens insist. Leseprobe Aliens in the Sky 1 Spooksville seldom got really hot. Nestled among the hills beside the ocean, Spooksville was usually cooled by a breeze preventing it from becoming uncomfortable, even in the middle of summer. But in the last half of July, only a couple of weeks after Adam Freeman and his friends got trapped in the Haunted Cave, the temperature rose sharply. At midday the thermometer burst past a hundred degrees. To get away from the heat, Sally Wilcox suggested they head up to the reservoir. We won't go in the water, she said. You don't want to do that. But it's always cooler up there. The four of them: Sally, Adam, Watch, and Cindy were seated on Cindy Makey's porch, drinking sodas and wiping their sweat-soaked foreheads. Adam stared at the half-burnt-down lighthouseless than a quarter of a mile awaywhere he had wrestled with a ghost earlier in the summer. He felt as if he were about to catch fire. He couldn't remember it ever being so hot where he used to live in Kansas City, which was known for its hot summers. He wondered what had brought the heat. Why can't we go in the water? Cindy asked. Because you'll die, Sally said simply. There are no fish in the reservoir, Watch added. So there's got to be something unhealthy about the water. But Spooksville gets its water from the reservoir, Adam said. That's why so many children in this town are born mutated, Sally said. Cindy smiled. You were born here, Sally. That explains a lot. Not all mutations are bad, Sally replied. The water is filtered before we drink it, Watch said. What's filtered out? Adam asked. I don't know, Watch said. But it must be toxic stuff. The filtration plant has a habit of blowing up every couple of years. Why's it cooler at the reservoir? Adam asked. Sally spoke. Because Madeline Templetonthe witch who founded this city two hundred years agotortured fifty innocent people to death up there. The horror of that event psychically reverberates to this day, making the whole area cold as ice. Cindy made a face. And you want to go up there to cool off? Sally shrugged. There is horror on almost every street in Spooksville, if you look deeply enough into the past. On this exact spot, where your house was built, Madeline Templeton once cut off a kid's head and fastened it onto a goat. Yuck! Cindy said. That's gross. Yeah, but the kid was supposed to look like a goat anyway, Watch said. Yeah, Sally agreed. Maybe the witch did him a favor. I don't know if she tortured the people at the reservoir to death, Watch continued. I heard she just made them go swimming in the water, and their skin turned gray and their hair fell out. ...

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One late night Adam and his friends see bright lights in the skyNlights that look suspiciously like UFOs. Then, the next night, one of the ships lands by the reservoir, and strange creatures exit the ship. Worse, they want Adam and his friends to join them for a little ride in space. In fact, the aliens insist.

Zusammenfassung
Embark upon an out-of-this-world adventure in this fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike’s Spooksville series—now on TV!

When Adam and his friends stay up late one night, they see bright lights in the sky. Lights that look suspiciously like flying saucers. Then, the next night, one of the saucers lands by the reservoir, and the creatures who come out of the ship don’t look like people at all. Their heads are too large, and their eyes are too big and black. Worse, they want Adam and his friends to come with them for a little ride in space. In fact, the aliens insist that they come. They practically drag the kids into their ship. Then the flying saucer takes off! And it doesn’t look like they'll be coming back anytime soon. Can Adam and his friends figure out a way to get home?

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Aliens in the Sky

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Spooksville seldom got really hot. Nestled among the hills beside the ocean, Spooksville was usually cooled by a breeze preventing it from becoming uncomfortable, even in the middle of summer. But in the last half of July, only a couple of weeks after Adam Freeman and his friends got trapped in the Haunted Cave, the temperature rose sharply. At midday the thermometer burst past a hundred degrees. To get away from the heat, Sally Wilcox suggested they head up to the reservoir.

“We won’t go in the water,” she said. “You don’t want to do that. But it’s always cooler up there.”

The four of them: Sally, Adam, Watch, and Cindy were seated on Cindy Makey’s porch, drinking sodas and wiping their sweat-soaked foreheads. Adam stared at the half-burnt-down lighthouse—less than a quarter of a mile away—where he had wrestled with a ghost earlier in the summer. He felt as if he were about to catch fire. He couldn’t remember it ever being so hot where he used to live in Kansas City, which was known for its hot summers. He wondered what had brought the heat.

“Why can’t we go in the water?” Cindy asked.

“Because you’ll die,” Sally said simply.

“There are no fish in the reservoir,” Watch added. “So there’s got to be something unhealthy about the water.”

“But Spooksville gets its water from the reservoir,” Adam said.

“That’s why so many children in this town are born mutated,” Sally said.

Cindy smiled. “You were born here, Sally. That explains a lot.”

“Not all mutations are bad,” Sally replied.

“The water is filtered before we drink it,” Watch said.

“What’s filtered out?” Adam asked.

“I don’t know,” Watch said. “But it must be toxic stuff. The filtration plant has a habit of blowing up every couple of years.”

“Why’s it cooler at the reservoir?” Adam asked.

Sally spoke. “Because Madeline Templeton—the witch who founded this city two hundred years ago—tortured fifty innocent people to death up there. The horror of that event psychically reverberates to this day, making the whole area cold as ice.”

Cindy made a face. “And you want to go up there to cool off?”

Sally shrugged. “There is horror on almost every street in Spooksville, if you look deeply enough into the past. On this exact spot, where your house was built, Madeline Templeton once cut off a kid’s head and fastened it onto a goat.”

“Yuck!” Cindy said. “That’s gross.”

“Yeah, but the kid was supposed to look like a goat anyway,” Watch said.

“Yeah,” Sally agreed. “Maybe the witch did him a favor.”

“I don’t know if she tortured the people at the reservoir to death,” Watch continued. “I heard she just made them go swimming in the water, and their sk…