Space Race

by Malorie Blackman, Colin Mier (Illustrations)

Five. . . four. . . three. . . two. . . one. Lift-off! What can Lizzie do when big-headed Jake challenges her to a race in space? She's GOT to beat him. But Jake has a super-duper, deluxe new spaceship that runs on special fuel. . .  Zoom to Pluto and back with this super space story from award-winning author, Malorie Blackman. Colour First Readers are perfect for new readers and include notes by reading specialist Prue Goodwin, honorary fellow of the University of Reading.

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

An award-winning children's author, Malorie Blackman was honoured with an OBE in 2008. Her work has been adapted for TV and stage.

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Reviews

[Tracey · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story is about Lizzie who stays on the Astra Space Station, based between Earth and Mars. She challenges Jake to a race in space, after having heard enough of him bragging about how super fast his spaceship was. The problem is that Jake's spaceship really is the fastest and he was prepared to tamper with Lizzies spaceship before the race. A really bad sportsman. What is Lizzie going to do to teach Jake a lesson about cheating and to stop his bragging. Read and find out more.

This book is also amazing at teaching learners about the planets in the solar system, as Lizzie and Jake travel past them in the space race. Cool idea!