SPACEPOP: Not Your Average Princesses

Spacepop #1

by Erin Soderberg Downing

Five galactic princesses go into hiding when the evil Empress Geela invades their home planets and captures their parents.

Athena, Luna, Rhea, Hera, and Juno decide they can't stand by and watch Geela destroy their homeworlds! Five awesome makeovers later, the girls form a band called SPACEPOP to spread the rebel message of freedom and resistance through music. But when the princesses are recruited as secret agents, can they keep their true identities under wraps?

This book includes two full-color illustrated graphic novel sections for 24 total pages of comic book fun!

This middle-grade adventure series will resonate with girls eight to twelve who love fashion, music, friendship, and fun!

An Imprint Book

216 pages, Hardcover

Published July 26, 2016

About the author

I read and write lots of funny, adventurous, & heartwarming books for kids about finding your place, finding your people, and finding your voice. I always love book recommendations, so please send them my way. As a reader, I'm partial to contemporary romantic comedy, thrillers that keep the pages turning and have well-built characters, funny/original voices, quirky characters, and always kids' books with humor and heart.

Reviews

[The Keepers of the Books]

When evil empress, Geela, invaded the home planets of Pentangle, she kidnapped the
parents of Athena, Rhea, Hera, Luna, and Juno. Despite being from different planets, the
five decide to band together to stop Geela. They form the group, SpacePop, a girl band
that sings about the rebel message of freedom and resistance through music. Recruited as
secret agent, the five go undercover to fuel the rebellion. Will their identities remain a
secret?

The characters in this book are true to the ones on the Youtube SpacePop girls episodes.
They are adorable, easy to relate to, and draw the reader into the story. The plot is
engaging and full of action and adventure. The included graphic novel
formatted scenes adds depth and character to the novel. Fans of the Youtube show,
science fiction, and adventure will enjoy reading this book.

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Please Note: A copy of this book was given to us in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed, however, are our own.

[Sean Harding]

This was an absolute shocker - apparently the first in a series, with cardboard characters and every now and then for no reason at all the prose turned into comic book style for a few pages. Tries to be hip and cool but is actually dull and dreary, despite the bright colours and frenetic stylings. Ultimately too dull to be interesting.

[Tanet Higgins]

Fun little quick read. Has a Gem and the holograms feel to it.

[Jeff]

SPACEPOP is OK, but it's no great shakes. The difficulty with any story featuring music is that there is no actual music to be heard. One of the song's lyrics are atrociously bad. But whether that was meant as comical effect or meant to be taken seriously is unknown.

The story is very basic and while it moves along fairly easily this was one of those times when it was difficult to suspend my disbelief at just how fast a lot of the plot was moving.

[Erin Downing]

This book is *very* different from other novels I have written, but I had a BLAST writing it. I really fell in love with the characters and world. So happy I had the chance to create the origin story for this exciting new brand.