Informationen zum Autor Cathy Hapka (she/her) has written more than one hundred books for children and young adults. She lives in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Ellen Vandenberg (she/her) is the author of numerous books for young readers. She lives in New York City. Gillian Reid (she/her) is a British illustrator, character designer and teacher, She lives in Ontario, Canada. Klappentext Can Astronaut Girl save the day with a little help from science? Find out as she and her space crew blast off on new adventures in this chapter book series! Everyone knows that humans can't travel to the sun...at least that's true in the year 2020. But when Astronaut Girl, Wallace, and the Astro crew find themselves orbiting the sun in a solar probe, they soon discover that they've gone almost one thousand years into the future! As they are zipping through space, the heat shields on their spacecraft come loose. They must find a way to fix it and get back to Earth in time for Wallace's family barbecue and before their probe gets baked like a potato! Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent. Zusammenfassung Can Astronaut Girl save the day with a little help from science? Find out as she and her space crew blast off on new adventures in this chapter book series! Everyone knows that humans can't travel to the sun...at least that's true in the year 2020. But when Astronaut Girl, Wallace, and the Astro crew find themselves orbiting the sun in a solar probe, they soon discover that they've gone almost one thousand years into the future! As they are zipping through space, the heat shields on their spacecraft come loose. They must find a way to fix it and get back to Earth in time for Wallace's family barbecue and before their probe gets baked like a potato! Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent....

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Cathy Hapka (she/her) has written more than one hundred books for children and young adults. She lives in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Ellen Vandenberg (she/her) is the author of numerous books for young readers. She lives in New York City.

Gillian Reid (she/her) is a British illustrator, character designer and teacher, She lives in Ontario, Canada.

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**Can Astronaut Girl save the day with a little help from science? Find out as she and her space crew blast off on new adventures in this chapter book series!

Everyone knows that humans can't travel to the sun...at least that's true in the year 2020. But when Astronaut Girl, Wallace, and the Astro crew find themselves orbiting the sun in a solar probe, they soon discover that they've gone almost one thousand years into the future! As they are zipping through space, the heat shields on their spacecraft come loose. They must find a way to fix it and get back to Earth in time for Wallace's family barbecue and before their probe gets baked like a potato!

Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.

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Chapter 1: Rainy Day
 
“Look, Val.” Wallace held up his notebook. “What do you think?”
 
I was watching the rain come down in Wallace’s front yard. I looked at his notebook. There was a weird drawing in it.
 
“What is that thing?” I asked.
 
“It’s a heat blaster,” Wallace said. He pointed to the homemade action figure sitting on the porch swing. “Zixtar could use this to fight the ice aliens.”
 
“It looks like a flying hot dog,” I said. “What’s the power source? Ketchup?”
 
My stomach grumbled. Hot dogs and ketchup made me think about the barbecue happening soon. All of Wallace’s relatives were coming, and the whole neighborhood was invited, too. I couldn’t wait. I just hoped it stopped raining by then.
 
“Whatever,” Wallace muttered. “I’m just saying we need to figure something out, or the earth will be a giant snowball forever.”
 
I shrugged. “We can figure it out after the barbecue.”
 
He looked unhappy. I wasn’t surprised. Wallace was obsessed with the TV show Comet Jumpers. He was even entering a contest to write an episode for the show! Zixtar was a new character he’d created. That’s what Wallace told me when he moved here last week. He doesn’t know much about science or outer space, but lucky for him, I do! That’s why everyone calls me Astronaut Girl. And it’s why I offered to be his partner to write the script.
 
“Hey, Walla Walla!” someone shouted.
 
A car had just stopped in front of the house. “Who’s that?” I asked. I couldn’t wait to meet all of Wallace’s relatives.
 
“It’s Aunt Celia, Uncle Walt, and my cousins Kayla and Dwayne.” Wallace still sounded grumpy. I wondered if he was worried about the barbecue being rained out. I wasn’t worried, though. His gramps already said he would move the grill onto the back porch if he had to.
 
The adults waved and went inside. Dwayne and Kayla stayed on the porch. They were a few years older than us.
 
“Hi, I’m Val,” I said. “I live next door. I’m Wallace’s writing partner.”
 
Dwayne grinned. “Writing partner, huh?” he said, and elbowed Wallace. “Is she going to help you not embarrass yourself at the family storytelling contest today?”
 
Dwayne and Kayla laughed. Wallace didn’t.
 
“Storytelling contest?” I said. “What’s that?”
 
They told me they had a family tradition. When everyone got together, they ended the gathering by holding a contest. Anyone who wanted to could tell a story, and everyone voted on the best one.
 
“I won at Easter dinner,” Dwayne said. He held up the big fancy medal that hung from his neck. “I told the story about how I found a lost puppy when I was mountain biking. Everyone loved it.”
 
Kayla nodded. “And at Thanksgiving, Aunt Kim won with this wild tall tale about a haunted henhouse. We couldn’t stop laughing!”
 
I laughed, too. “That sounds fun!”
 
Wallace wasn’t laughing. “Everyone else will be here soon,” he said. “I should go see if Gramps needs help with the grill.” He stomped off into the house.
 
“Oops, that reminds me,” I told Dwayne and Kayla. “I promised Mom and Daddy I’d help with the potato salad. See you soon!”
 
I ran home through the rain. Mom and Daddy were in the kitchen. Mom was scrubbing the potatoes, and Daddy was mixing herbs into the mayonnaise. The Baby was helping by tossing Cheerios at Astro Cat.
 
“Hi, Val,” Daddy said. “You’re just in time to peel the eggs.”
 
I washed my hands and got to work. “I hope the sun comes out soon,” I said. “Wallace seems kind of grumpy about the rain.”
 
Mom looked surprised. “Really?” she said. “Wallace doesn’t seem like the grumpy type.”
 
The Baby giggled and tossed a handful of Cheerios at Daddy. A few landed in the mayonnaise bowl.
 
“That’s not part of the recipe!” Daddy exclaimed with a laugh.
 
Suddenly the door flew open. Wallace rushed in.
 
“I just had a great idea for the script!” he cried. “We need to …