Planet Peril

by Lucy Courtenay (Contributor)

What's black and white, and flies faster than the speed of light? The Space Penguins! They're the ice-cool crew of the spaceship Tunafish. With their pioneering flying skills and resistance to the deep freeze, these intergalactic avians are going where no fin has gone before. Captain T Krill, Rocky Waddle, Fuzz Allgrin and Splash Gordon are on a mission to explore new planets, rescue alien life, and battle their former DarkWader. In book five of the Space Penguins series, the penguins accept an invite to take a holiday on a new leisure planet. But little do they realize they're waddling into a trap. Before long they find themselves the number one attraction in the planet's zoo. Can they rescue the zoo's other aliens and break out, or is it a life behind bars for the penguins? A hilarious series, featuring everyone's favourite flightless birds! Packed with out of this world aliens, flipper to the floor penguin action, and daft jokes and puns, these books are perfect for children aged six to eight.

112 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2014

About the author

Lucy Courtenay has officially been writing children’s fiction since 1999, and unofficially for a lot longer than that. Her desk drawers are full of half-finished stories waiting for the right moment to emerge and dance around her study in a shower of exuberant paperclips. She’s written for series such as THE SLEEPOVER CLUB, ANIMAL ARK, DOLPHIN DIARIES and BEAST QUEST. Her new series MERMAID SCHOOL is out now.

Reviews

[Margaret Madden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to Laura at Stripes Publishing for the review copy of this book.....

This is the story of four penguin friends who have travelled to Planet Splurdj in their spaceship, The TunaFish. When they land they meet King Hubba Blubba and go to the new space zoo. The Oozis are evil snot-coloured aliens who are trying to capture the space penguins for the space zoo.

I really enjoyed this book and it was really funny, with lots of good puns! I woiuld love to read more of the Space Penguin series.....

I recommend this book for age 7+

By Mia, age 10.