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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1999
Gr 2-4 The creator of the popular "Miss Spider" introduces Nova, a futuristic metal boy whose waterless planet of robots depends on energy-generating crystal for survival. Exploring distant space for this resource, his star-pilot father has entrusted his son with a family heirloom, a wooden ark and animals "carved by men before robots ever existed." During a class trip to the Space Center, Nova slips away from the group for a closer look at a spaceship. Soon, he is hurt...Log In or Sign Up to Read More