B.U.R.P. Strikes Back

Space Taxi #5

by Wendy Mass, Michael Brawer, Keith Frawley (Illustrator)

Book five in the intergalactic science-based chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Mass and Michael Brawer!

Archie Morningstar fights crime across the universe alongside his dad and Pockets the talking cat. In Archie's fifth adventure, Pockets is in a all the tuna fish sandwiches on Akbar's Floating Rest Stop have been stolen! He thinks it's the fault of the irritating head of his alien fan club, but Archie suspects the mystery goes much deeper. Get ready for another thrilling and hilarious space adventure!

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure

144 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2017

About the author

Wendy Mass is the author of thirty novels for young people, including A Mango-Shaped Space, which was awarded the Schneider Family Book Award, Leap Day, the Twice Upon a Time fairy tale series, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall, the Willow Falls, Space Taxi and Candymakers series. Wendy wrote the storyline for an episode of the television show Monk, entitled "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theatre," which aired during the show's second season. She tells people her hobbies are hiking and photography, but really they're collecting candy bar wrappers and searching for buried treasure with her metal detector. Wendy lives with her family in New Jersey.

Reviews

[AMY · Rating 4 out of 5]

129 pages. More adventures for Archie and the gang as they travel out of earth’s realm to cheer on Pockets as he is given a special award for capturing the BURP mother ship and identifying an important leader. Pockets is not happy about this and does not like making speeches. More adventures follow as they support their friend. Kids will really enjoy the humor and all the little drawings in this series. Boys will especially like this series. Highly recommended for Grades 4-5.

[Amaya Benitez · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I have to admit that this book is below my reading level and not the type of story that I’m interested in anymore, it was still quite enjoyable.

I think that a lot of kids nowadays would be obsessed with this serious, like how my classmates were obsessed with series such as “Captain Underpants” or “Bad Kitty”.

The two authors did a wonderful job at bringing this story to life and making it worth reading.

I personally wouldn’t read it again, but I’d recommend it to today’s adolescent.

[Kaia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Mal]

no further interest in series