He doesnât fit in and his family wonât miss him. He never dreamed he would end up living in a nightmare.
Who can he trust?
The pirates who take him in,
his protector who abandoned him,
or is he just bait in an elaborate trap?
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The First Star continues the story of the Fraser family caught between worlds, hunted by aliens, and holding the key to the survival of Earth.
Maureen Crisp lives in New Zealand where she dreams up stories to get her out of any boring things she has to do. She loves writing for children and has published plays and junior fiction in the New Zealand School Journal and for Penguin. Maureen is a primary school teacher by trade and a geek by inclination. She writes a mix of contemporary and science fiction stories to disguise the fact that she is overly fascinated by Mars, the robot landers and space exploration.Â
In 2017 she was awarded the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding services to Childrenâs Literature. In 2018 Maureen was on the judging panel for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.Â