Jumping Off the Planet
Dingilliad / Starsiders seriesbook 1 of 3
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Thirteen-year-old Charles "Chigger" Dingillian is headed to the Moon on what is supposed to be a short family holiday, riding up the Line, the elevator that links Earth to space. Life at home is miserable: his parents bicker constantly, and his brothers are hard to be around. Chigger, who comes from a cramped community in the tunnels beneath the city, hatches a drastic plan on the journey. If his parents cannot mend their marriage, perhaps they should divorce.
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The scheme seems mad, but it works. On the Moon, though, the friendly people they meet show too much interest in his family, and Chigger begins to suspect that they are being hunted across the stars. The holiday has become a dangerous escape.
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