Alien Secrets

Klause, Annette Curtis

ISBN 10: 0385309287 / ISBN 13: 9780385309288

Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1993

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing. Seller Inventory # BSM.17XDJ

Synopsis:

Returning to Shoon after being expelled from school, Puck and Hush, a Shoon native who has lost the Soo, his people's symbol of freedom, encounter danger from the crew, passengers, and ghosts as they search the spaceship for the stolen artifact.

About the Author: Annette Curtis Klause, a self-professed fan of horror, science fiction and fantasy, read her first vampire book when she was 14; it was Jane Gaskell's The Shining Narrow Grin. "I was enthralled," she says, and immediately began fantasizing about the book.


Klause, who is currently head of children's services at the Aspen Hill Community Library in Maryland, had been a member of a biweekly writing group, mostly writing picture books, when the group's "mentor" encouraged her to write a novel. While deciding on a subject, she "remembered the vampires," and after years of work, and six rejections, her highly acclaimed The Silver Kiss was published. Her second novel, Alien Secrets, features a main character whom Klause calls "a rather feisty

Bibliographic Details

Title: Alien Secrets
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: good