Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star
âThe book is like Star Wars plus drug dealers plus rock stars all joined into one book. If you like to read about that stuff then you will love this bookâŠThis is a cool book so check it out!" - A young reader's book report Shortlisted for Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award An Our Choice selection of the Canadian Children's Book Centre After a lifetime of sleeping in alleys and flop houses, Kitâs musical talent is discovered, and he is remade into Andy Nebula. Well-fed, content with a warm bed and contract, Andy begins to wonder why every previous âSensation Singleâ star was a flash-in-the-pan. Little does he know that the answer lies with the off-world Hydras and their taste for music and flash, a drug forbidden to humans. And that he is their next fix. Originally published as Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star, this exciting outer-space teen adventure has been completely revised by the author for this new edition! Praise for Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star (Book One): âThe action in Andy Nebula moves along at a cracking pace and the characters are well-drawnâŠAndy Nebula is fast and furious enough to keep even reluctant readers turning the pages, and young teen fans of fantasy and science fiction will not be disappointed.â â John Wilson, Quill & Quire â⊠gritty and cleverâŠWillett tells a fast-moving tale that has plenty of color. He wastes few words and presents some good characterizationsâŠAll in all, a worthy addition to a young readerâs shelf of SF books.â â A. L. Sirois, SF Site âItâs the combination of the familiar with the speculative that lifts Andy Nebula above the crowdâŠFrom page one we know we are in another time and place thanks to Willettâs deft and never-faltering use of a convincing invented slangâŠ. Get one copy for yourself, and another for a young person.â â Donna Farley, NCF Guide to Canadian Science Fiction and Fandom âWillett writes in a humorous and flamboyant style not unlike an old-style detective novelâŠThe novel is fast and exciting with lots of action. It also involves broader themes like differentiating between the authentic and the contrived, values and measuring success, drug addiction and tolerance between speciesâŠThe writing is trim and humorous but far from vacuous. This book is fun to read. Kids will like it, too.â â Jocelyn Caton, The Regina Sun