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2017 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide
Do you love new planets, spaceships, and adventure? You'll love this collection of science fiction stories, because it's stuffed full of amazing futuristic excitement! Zip through the stars in spaceships while exploring uncharted universes in these amazing adventures for girls, boys and robots of all ages! Get it now, and blast off today!
428 pages, Paperback
First published December 6, 2016
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February 24, 2017
A good book. Most of the stories I enjoyed. There were a few I didn't enjoy. That happens
September 27, 2016
Originally reviewed at West Coast Book Reviews.
It's been almost 40 years since I received the best piece of advice a Dad could give his daughter though I didn't know it at the time. My Dad told me not to limit myself to the decisions he made. (I'm not sure why, but that day I wanted to be a loan manager just like him.) He said I could do whatever I wanted with my life. At the time I was disappointed and thought it to mean he didn't wan't me to be like him. Through the years, I've come to feel the meaning of his words and to live by them. I've owned a silver and blue flamed racing motorcycle, learned to program computers, written a book (then five more), sewed my own wedding dress and chose to be a barely mediocre cook. If there are instructions, consider it done. If there aren't, it will take me a little longer.
It has taken reading the third instalment of the Young Explorer's Adventure Guide to put my finger on what I love so much about these collections.
These kids do.
They do mechanics. They do captaining starships. They do science. They also do compassion and friendship and bravery and anything else you can imagine.
And many, many of them have a parent like my own who made sure they grew up knowing that doing is a good thing.
The 2017 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide swells with limitless character, personality, charm and young explorer angst. For an adult reader, these stories encapsulate the real feelings we have inside when we're stuck being grown up. This alone makes this book a treasure for young readers.
I'm thrilled the 2017 edition meets the bar set by the first two editions. I was also very happy to see old friends from previous editions, Nia, Captain Dodger and Olivia, and to get to know plenty of other young adventurers.
I continue to be a fan and recommend this book for everyone.
I received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
It's been almost 40 years since I received the best piece of advice a Dad could give his daughter though I didn't know it at the time. My Dad told me not to limit myself to the decisions he made. (I'm not sure why, but that day I wanted to be a loan manager just like him.) He said I could do whatever I wanted with my life. At the time I was disappointed and thought it to mean he didn't wan't me to be like him. Through the years, I've come to feel the meaning of his words and to live by them. I've owned a silver and blue flamed racing motorcycle, learned to program computers, written a book (then five more), sewed my own wedding dress and chose to be a barely mediocre cook. If there are instructions, consider it done. If there aren't, it will take me a little longer.
It has taken reading the third instalment of the Young Explorer's Adventure Guide to put my finger on what I love so much about these collections.
These kids do.
They do mechanics. They do captaining starships. They do science. They also do compassion and friendship and bravery and anything else you can imagine.
And many, many of them have a parent like my own who made sure they grew up knowing that doing is a good thing.
The 2017 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide swells with limitless character, personality, charm and young explorer angst. For an adult reader, these stories encapsulate the real feelings we have inside when we're stuck being grown up. This alone makes this book a treasure for young readers.
I'm thrilled the 2017 edition meets the bar set by the first two editions. I was also very happy to see old friends from previous editions, Nia, Captain Dodger and Olivia, and to get to know plenty of other young adventurers.
I continue to be a fan and recommend this book for everyone.
I received a copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
February 9, 2017
This was the 3rd edition of the book that I backed on Kickstarter. My daughter, who was 8 at the time, likes the books so much that she gave me $10 of her own money to add into the money we gave on kickstarter. It's a great collection of stories - a lot of fun and interesting reading. A lot of the main characters are female or POC also, and it's great to see SF stories that my daughter can better relate to.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
December 31, 2016
Admittedly I'm a bit biased, since I have a story in this anthology. However, I thoroughly enjoyed all the stories in the volume. Loads of intriguing tales and adventures that will have a wide appeal to readers of all ages and genders, covering a wide variety of subgenres of science fiction. I highly recommend this anthology for everyone who enjoys diverse stories of SF adventure and exploration.
September 15, 2016
This collection has some great stories and I really enjoyed reading it!
April 27, 2017
The book is a diverse collection of stories about what life might be in the future. Will they have an alien for a best friend? What will future technology be like? How do your parents in the future give you a time out? The stories are great! There is imagination and humor in these stories. The book isn't filled with technical jargon. It is an excellent action guide!
Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book free from the author/publisher from Net-galley. I was not obliged to write a favorable review, or even any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book free from the author/publisher from Net-galley. I was not obliged to write a favorable review, or even any review at all. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
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