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Hedgie Blasts Off!

by Jan Brett · 2006

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Hedgie wants more than anything to be an astronaut and travel into space. He gets his chance the day Big Sparkler, the geyser, starts to sputter and fade, disappointing all the alien tourists. As he launches into space and fixes the geyser problem in a most unusual way, Hedgie returns home a hero.

Genre
aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
outer spaceouter spaceMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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