Cakes in Space

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School Department, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 11, 2016

Review

Astra and her family are moving to the planet Nova Mundi. The journey will take ninety nine years, so they will be frozen in pods on the spaceship for the journey. Astra is hungry before she goes to sleep, so she asks the ship's computer to make her frighteningly good cakes. The computer misunderstands and produces hundreds of dreadfully frightening cakes that attack things around them. Nova and her robot friend Pilbeam fight the cakes to save the ship. Space pirates, a slithery, slimy creature and rollicking adventure fill this rather preposterous story. Through it all, readers can see lessons in friendship and not judging by appearances. Lots of black and white illustrations add to the fun.

Overall Book Score: good