Raegan and RJ in Space: Colonizing the Galaxy for Christ

by Richard Collins

"Raegan and RJ in Space" is the award winning series of 17 graphic novels which tell the story of the first Christians to leave Earth to colonize other star systems. It was done to give Christian kids a fun and interesting story to read with a happy ending. The storyline is that 50 Christian families got together in 2020 and formed their own town in the USA called Hope Tennessee, built a star port called 'Sanctuary', the first star ship called the 'Christian Star Ship (CSS) 001 Faith', all with the goal of colonizing space. Once people started hearing about what they were doing, Christians from all over the world started to help them. In 2025, after 5 years, they were ready to go! Most of the stories revolve around Raegan, a 13 year old girl, and RJ, an 11 year old boy, and their life and adventures on the colony ship "CSS 001 Faith". There are no aliens, guns, or battles, just out of this world adventure and excitement as Raegan and RJ help their families 'Colonize the Galaxy for Christ

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

In my house we enjoy graphic novels so when I had the chance to recieve a copy of Raegan and RJ in Space; Colonizing the Galaxy for Christ I knew I wanted to take a look at if for myself. I must say that I loved that this was a Christian graphic novel, there aren’t many of those out and so this fills a niche that is needed for today’s youth. The illustrations are well done as is the plot and dialog between characters. That said some of the way things were done had me chuckling because they just weren’t believable such as sending school aged children to do missions in space when there are other adults on the shuttle. Seeing that the story is set in the year 2025, just eleven years from now, it seems far fetched to think that a shuttle will be taking a group of Christians to settle a new planet 6 months away from earth, not to mention I don’t believe in Aliens in space so who would be getting the Gospel message.

Overall, I think this is a great concept but I think some children, including my 12 1/2 year old would find it cheesy (she hasn’t had a chance to read it in full yet). The children are all very polite – no one calls each other names, back talks parents and no one questions the teacher. Everyone is quick to praise and give the Lord the credit, which is great. I just think there needs to be more fleshed out, such as why are children sent on missions? Why is the group traveling to space when there isn’t anyone out there to share the Gospel with? While I like the idea of this graphic novel, I would like to see a bit more substance given to it, it’s short at just 48 pages and I know graphic novels aren’t supposed to be the size of a tome but it seemed as if there was something lacking as I read it.

**I was given a copy of this book from Book Crash in exchange for my honest opinion, no other compensation was given.