Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3 by P.J. Haarsma

Haarsma, P.J. Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3 (Softwire #3), 378 p. Johnny and the others are moving on to Orbis 3. But this time they are not slaves – they have a guardian and are going to school with the children of the citizens. The citizens don’t like it much, but they have no choice, especially when Johnny and the others have the highest test scores in the history of Orbis 3, beating the pants off the “regular” students. Entertainment here revolves around Lyld-den-oo, a game that the space kids know as Quest-Nest. Johnny and a few others will be drawn into a life-or-death version of the game, at the mercy of a group of wormhole pirates, one of which seems to have a personal vendetta against Johnny. This kind of space novel is more for hardcore space fans, a much smaller audience than your fantasy readers. I like Johnny and his friends, but you will have to point students at it. MS – OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library-Teacher