Children of Stardust, Edudzi Adodo
Children of Stardust, Edudzi Adodo
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Children of Stardust

Author: Edudzi Adodo

Narrator: Ron Butler

Unabridged: 6 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/31/2023


Synopsis

Zero was a mass of conflicting emotions. This would be his first mission. What if they failed to find the Mask of the Shaman King? The entire galaxy was at stake.

Zero Adedji dreams of joining one of the Saba guilds—groups of intergalactic explorers. Instead, he must scrape by as a guide to travelers stranded on his home planet of Anansi 12. Then he meets Wanderblatch, a strange creature with an even stranger object: a golden pyramid
that houses a legendary Kobasticker called the Jupiter. When the Jupiter chooses Zero as its next host, he is recruited by a top Saba guild so he can harness his newfound powers.

But the stakes are rising, and Zero and his friends Camih and Ladi are tasked with recovering the Mask of the Shaman King, which can grant wishes at a terrible price. And they’re not the only ones on the hunt—Space Mafia head Rozan Leombre is desperate to use the Mask to break his family’s
curse. The trio must use their wits, courage, and friendship to achieve their quest and protect the galaxy.

Action-packed, wildly imaginative, and laugh-out-loud funny, Children of Stardustis a fast-paced space adventure that launches a singular new voice in children’s literature.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diana on September 23, 2022

This book is an action packed space travel book that would definitely appeal to a lot of kids. It is a bit slow to start, but really gets going about halfway through when the mission really picks up. This is a great book about friendship and being true to yourself. The culture that is intertwined int......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on November 10, 2022

We really enjoyed this! I've usually got no time for world building like this but, in the end, I got it.......more

Goodreads review by Ham on September 27, 2023

Things I liked: The occasional witty prose and funny dialogue. The clever premise and generally fresh details/world building. Things I didn’t like: Everything else. My 9 year old gave this 3 stars, I chose 1. Because this book has so few reviews and (given the excessive number of typos in the ebook versi......more

Goodreads review by Laura on October 16, 2022

This is one of those books that does a lot of front-loading of backstory (yeah, that sounds weird to me, too). The problem is that because the start is so slow, the target readers may not stick with it to get to the action and adventure in space that comes later. If they do, I think they'll enjoy the......more

Goodreads review by Joss on July 03, 2022

This action packed debut had me on the edge of my seat! A middle grade, space-opera infused with African culture and mythologies. We follow Zero on his quest to become a legendary Saba, a group of intergalactic travelers who find lost treasures and hunt down criminals. I could not put this book down......more