Space Case (Moon Base Alpha)

My son had to read this for school and he enjoyed it and said that it had twists and turns. He said that it was an easy read for 6th grade.

I'm a sixth grade Basic Skills English teacher with a long history as a reading teacher. I have read and taught hundreds of young adult novels. Needless to say, I can spot a novel kids will love. Stuart Gibbs captured my attention from the first page so he was a natural option for independent novels last fall. As a Supplemental ELA teacher my students are working towards reaching proficiency on grade level ELA standards. I offered several choices for my students to read independently. They unanimously picked Space Case, which caused a major shift in my unit design but the kids were enthusiastic so I went with it. What was supposed to be an IRB book turned into a 50+ page packet to accompany a read aloud unit. The audiobook was essential in this unit.This was the entry into a magical year of literature in our BSI classroom. Stuart Gibbs is an exceptional writer. He weaves action, suspense, friendship, and peer issues into a fantastic tale. You care about his characters and you really don't know who did it. My reluctant readers are enthusiastically devouring all things Stuart Gibbs. We have an entire section in our classroom library dedicated to him. While waiting for Waste of Space the kids are tearing into the Spy School series and figuring out who murdered hippos. We are literally counting down the days until Tuesday, April 24th. The parental support has been exceptional. Thanks to a parent's donations we have enough copies of Waste of Space on order to begin our next and final whole class novel. Stuart Gibbs is exactly what your reluctant reader needs to see the magic that exists within a novel. My advanced students also love Stuart Gibbs' novels. The kids visualized an important scene. Read the novel to find out what they illustrated! :)- Kelly E10 years as a reading teacher with a heavy focus on literature circles8 years as a BSI reading teacher2 years as a BSI/ Supplemental ELA teacher

Every night I read a chapter of some age-appropriate book to my kid. After we devoured the Voyagers series, we turned to Gibbs' novels in hopes of a replacement of equally high quality. "Space Case" has not disappointed! There are a lot of kids books that are tedious and fail to hold my interest. This book, however, is great! We're about halfway through and I still can't predict the ending--was there a murder? If so, who was the murderer? If not, what the heck else was going on??It's also nice to see a book where the protagonists aren't just white by default. Gibbs sets this book a few decades in the future and makes it clear that racial boundaries have blurred. Because of this, you don't just *assume* that everyone in the text is white--an important lesson for my white son and a fantastic point of representation for kids who may not see themselves present in far too many things.The prose itself is appropriate for kids to read, but also fun if you're going to read to them. If, like me, you try to entertain your children with the range of ridiculous voices you can produce while reading to them, this is also a winner--the high-pitched German computer system and the smarmily-written "Guide to Living on the Moon" excerpts at the end of each chapter leave a lot of room for range.We've been very happy with this novel and will definitely buy more from Gibbs.

My son, 7, is a space fanatic and recent convert to chapter books. He loves series like Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Captain Underpants, but this is probably the most "grown up" of the titles he's tackled on his own.We started reading this moon-based murder mystery together, and he then hurriedly finished it off himself in less than a week, frequently peppering me with space facts he learned from the novel. (Love that so many real-life space and science bits are included!)The story of 12-year-old Dash, one of the moon's first permanent residents. SPACE CASE is both scientifically convincing and fun enough to entertain kids. Far from being the glamorous experience most people assume, Dash's lunar life is filled with restrictions, and mundane tasks become mountainous on the moon ... Which he isn't even allowed to explore due to being, "just a kid." Which is also why no one believes him when a botched bathroom visit lands him the center of a murder mystery.This is a fun, funny story that's part thriller, part (clean but gross and goofy) bathroom humor and part sci-fi ... All of which make it pretty perfect for the 8-12 year old set, where I'm guessing it will most appeal to space-crazy boys like my son.

This book 'Space Case' takes time and place in 2040, on the Moon Base Alpha(MBA). The main character is a 12-year-old boy named Dashiell Gibson who got to live on the MBA with his scientist parents. However, in the small, peaceful MBA, a murder happens - at least, that's what Dashiell thinks it is. Adults just concluded that he has suicided and that Dr. Holtz (the murdered man) has been out of his mind lately. But, one day before his death, Dash happened to be overhearing Dr. Holtz talking to someone on the phone in the bathroom, and he sounded completely normal! So Dash starts to investigate the case with two new supporters under adults' eyes and reveals the secret of Dr. Holtz's death.The book contains funny incidents, amazing secrets, and thrill and deduction-combined in one incident, and it is as much as thrilling to look at Dash unveil the mystery.

Excelente

I bought this for a student of mine who loves the series. She enjoyed it very much.

I bought this book because my son's winter vacation assignment was to read it. I ended up reading it with my sons. The story was very interesting. I found this book is fun to read.

Buen libro para avanzar en el inglés. Recomendado en el instituto, la trama es curiosa e interesante y aunque en momentos la acción decae un poco, resulta agradable de leer. No pasará a la historia como un clásico pero cumple su función de formar y entretener. A mi hijo le ha conseguido enganchar y no le ha costado nada leerlo.Ha disfrutado con el a pesar de ser una lectura obligada.Yo lo he leido también y reconozco que es atrayente, supongo que más para gente desde doce años.Un buen regalo para lectores jóvenes además de ser libro de lectura en algunos institutos.

I am a 10 yr old who just discovered the fantastical world of moon base alpha. I first read waste or space, and I was intrigued by the novel! Dashiel Gibson, a 12 year old gets to be one of the first people to colonize the moon. It sounds exciting, but according to everyone on MBA, it’s a nightmare. First, he has to deal with flavourless food, now a death on MBA. Dr.Holtz, a base scientist, died while walking on the moon with a crack in his visor. It was first suspected as a reckless solo moonwalk, but Dash thinks there’s a deeper rabbit hole into this suspected incident. While investigating, MBA Moonies discover that Dr. Holtz discovered an alien life form and is planning to announce the news to earth. The next day, he’s dead.

Es para el colegio!

This is an Interesting book for young people. The idea of a mystery set on a space station is somewhat novel.

I liked it becuase it gave the inspiration of what would happen in the story and couldn't stop reading it until the very end.