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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 3–6—Aidan helps his parents run the Mercury Inn, a remodeled 1950s hotel on Florida's Space Coast. The media begin to descend when an alleged UFO interrupts a rocket launch, and soon after Aidan meets his first alien, disguised as hotel guest Dru Tanaka. As Aidan strug...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2014
The Mercury Inn, a fifties-themed "quirky-but-upscale boutique motel" on Florida's Space Coast, shelters a colorful cast of characters -- including its owners, narrator Aidan and his parents. In addition to its proximity to the beach, the Mercury Inn also boasts an ideal vantage point for space launches from the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Then one such laun...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
The Mercury Inn, owned by narrator Aidan's parents, boasts an ideal vantage point for launches from the John F. Kennedy Space Center...Log In or Sign Up to Read More