Sarah W's Reviews > Space Cadet Topo: The Day the Sun Turned Off

Space Cadet Topo by DGPH

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Mar 26, 11

bookshelves: picturebookparty, science-fiction, animal-stories, graphic-novel
Read in March, 2011

Cadet 3X-245 lives at the Donut Station. His job? Monitoring the universe. The book begins much as a tv-show might. First there's an overview of Topo's duties as a cadet and his goal of becoming a space commander. The different bots and tools inside the space station are introduced. Action kicks in when Topo awakes to find everything frozen. Only Tinny Bot can help Topo.

Computron announces that the sun has turned off and assigns Topo four tasks. Topo must fly to the last planet, find the keeper of the Galactic Flame, haul fire to the sun and light the core. Simple.

The Guardian of the Galactic Flame sets a task before Topo before the mole can stop the galaxy from turning blue with ice. The action based cartoon style drawings will appear to kids who enjoy comics. I like the use of fonts throughout for both the robotic and computerized characters, and the scenery signs. In some ways this book reminds me of Indiana Jones.



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