galaxy zack #1: hello, nebulon! [excerpt]

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HELLO,NEBULON!

ByRayO'RyanIlustratedbyColinJack


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Hello, Nebulon! / by Ray O'Ryan ; illustrated by Colin Jack. 1st ed.p. cm. (Galaxy Zack ; 1)

Summary: Moving from Earth to the futuristic planet Nebulon in 2120,eight-year-old Zack is nervous about starting school and meeting

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[1. Science fiction. 2. Moving, HouseholdFiction. 3. Human-alienencountersFiction. 4. FriendshipFiction.] I. Jack, Colin, ill. II. Title.

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Chapter1Blast

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Ooh! Look, Zack, called Shelly

Nelson from the front seat of the

Nelson familys space cruiser. She

pointed out of the large, round

windshield in front of her. Its Venus!

And theres Mars!

Sitting in the backseat of the

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cruiser, eight-year-old Zack Nelson

sighed. He knew his mom was just try-

ing to cheer him up. But at the moment

all he wanted to do was go hometo

his real home, Earth. Not his new home

on some planet called Nebulon.

Zack punched a code into the key-

pad below his window. The glass in the


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window changed

from dark to clear.

Billions of stars

glittered in the inky

blackness beyond the

window. This was the

part of space travel Zack liked

best. Sure, he could see tons of

stars with his berzoom galactic

telescope back on Earth. But being out

among the stars and planets, seeing

them close up, always made Zack

happy.

Except today, February 11, 2120.

Moving day.

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Glancing out his window, Zack

looked past Venus and Mars. He had

visited both planets many times. His

family had often taken weekend trips

to the Low Gravity Amusement Park on

Venus. And they had always gone to

the beaches at the Red Planet Resort

on Mars for spring break.

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But today all Zack could see was

Earth. The tiny blue and white ball

grew smaller and smaller in the

window. The Nelsons space cruiser

zoomed farther away from the only

home Zack had ever known.

Zacks dad, Otto, was up front in

the pilots seat, steering the cruiser.


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How ya doing back there, Captain?

he called.

Zack smiled. He was years away

from getting his pilots license, but

his dad always called him Captain

whenever the family took a space trip.

I guess Im okay, mumbled Zack.

Hes just sad because . . . , began

Charlotte.

. . . hes going

to miss Bert . . . ,

Cathy continued.


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. . . and Luna, they said together.

Charlotte and Cathy Nelson were

Zacks eleven-year-old identical twin

sisters. They often spoke as if they were

one person. They sat side by side in

the seats next to Zack, finishing each

others sentences.


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Zackssisters

hadround

faces with freckles.

Theyboth

hadflaming

red hair like

their father.

Charlottekepther

hair ina

ponytail.Cath

yworeherhair

intwobraided

pigtails.Thatw

as

theonlywaym

ostpeoplecou

ldtell

themapart.

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Youll still be able to talk to Bert,

honey,Zacks mom said. Bertwas

ZacksbestfriendonEarth.Between

videochatsandz-mail, itllalmostbe

likeyouneverleft.AndBertwilltakegoodcare...

. . . of Luna, said Charlotte and

Cathy.

YouknowthatBert...

...lovesdogs...

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. . . especially Luna, they added.

The girls are right, Captain, said

Dad. Luna will join us as soon as we

get settled on Nebulon. Then the whole

family will be together again.

Zack just shrugged and stared out

the window, watching

Earth grow tinier

by the second.

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