Kidnapped on Astarr

Front Cover
Garrard Publishing Company, 1981 - Juvenile Fiction - 64 pages
With a robot's help two children search for a relative who has been kidnapped by the king on the planet Astarr and accused of making secret war weapons.

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Contents

The Search Begins
7
The Leather Braid Clue
19
Attack of the Giant Worms
29
Copyright

3 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

Arko nodded Arko's ASTARR By Joan breath contact Arko courtyard cried door Falda whispered futuristic planet gardas gasped Glibble grabbed Grandfather hurried Joan Lowery Nixon KIDNAPPED ON ASTARR King Rurik Kleep and Till Kleep asked Kleep could say Kleep knew Kleep looked Kleep opened Kleep pulled Kleep put Kleep reached Kleep shouted Kleep sighed Kleep stopped Kleep studied Kleep told Kleep whispered landcraft leaned leather braid little eyes lock magnetite Morgu comes Morgu pulled mother path Pennsylvania State University planet of Astarr pocket pull Zibbit purple goppa fruit pushed raised Zibbit's antenna reach Arko repair Zibbit robot on Astarr ruthenium mines Ruzena Ruzenians science fiction secret war weapon singing soldiers someone spacecraft speedcraft stared stay with Zibbit superay glasses Till pulled Till's told Kleep took Zibbit's Visit your mines wall of music whispered to Kleep wires woods Zibbit whirred Zibbit's arm Zibbit's left arm

About the author (1981)

Joan Lowery Nixon was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California where she received a B.A. in journalism and later an education certificate from California State. She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America. She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76.

Bibliographic information

TitleKidnapped on Astarr
Kleep, space detective, Joan Lowery Nixon
AuthorJoan Lowery Nixon
Illustrated byPaul Frame
Editionillustrated
PublisherGarrard Publishing Company, 1981
Original fromPennsylvania State University
DigitizedDec 11, 2009
ISBN0811674509, 9780811674508
Length64 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Law & Crime
Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction / General
  
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