Nine year old Layla is caught in the middle. With her parents in turmoil and at the brink of divorce, Layla’s only wish is to keep her parents together. A stargazer at heart, Layla is sending her wish to the nearest falling star, but the star she wishes upon is no ordinary star. Layla discovers a tiny alien spacecraft with four little aliens which stand only ten inches high. Their mission is to hunt down and capture a deadly alien creature known as the Ishyka. A creature which not only has the ability to consume electricity, but has also just escaped from a secure penal colony deep in space. The only way to stop the Ishyka from destroying planets is by using a mental brain lock to render it asleep. Layla hides her new found alien friends from everyone, only entrusting her best friend Carmen to help them on their quest to save planet Earth from being consumed by the Ishyka. A ‘pinky promise’ seals the pact as Layla tries to avoid making their little secret into a big ordeal.
Elizabeth Stephens is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland. Her books include Anatomy as Spectacle: Public Exhibitions of the Body from 1700 to the Present.
First of all, I am the author of this book. The author description is NOT me! I am an American who lives in California. For some reason they put another Elizabeth Stephens’ bio on my book.