Space Camp

by Brigid Lowry

In 2373 a group of gifted students travel from Earth to a space camp on the planet Phoenixia. The trip is meant to be focussed on learning, but it is also a chance for something different and maybe even some adventure. None of them foresees just how much adventure is awaiting them. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Brigid Lowry was born in New Zealand into a rather strange but very creative family. Here she learned a love of books, too many swear words and how to cook a decent omelette. Brigid's early, rather awful poetry was made into a small book by her father, a printer and typographer, and sold to kindly relatives for two and sixpence a copy. Thus her writing career was launched, but it took about twenty years for her to take it to a higher place. In the meantime she tried being a hippie, a waitress, a software tutor, a librarian, a mother, a wife and a primary school teacher.

At the age of thirty five Brigid returned to university and began to publish poetry and short fiction. Her first young adult book was Fizz & Max & Me, which was published in the Dolly Fiction series. As well as teaching her how to write dialogue, this book paid Brigid the grand sum of $3000 and inspired her to apply for an Arts Council Grant for funding to write a second young adult book. With the grant safely in the bank, armed with nothing more than a flimsy idea about a girl who wanted a nose-ring, Brigid wrote Guitar Highway Rose. Constructed in a quirky collage style, this book was a runaway success. It was shortlisted for a number of major prizes in Australia, and won the WA Hoffman Young Readers Choice Award.

Brigid's star sign is Aries, and she has a tattoo of an island, a palm tree and a planet on her left shoulder. She has an MA in Creative Writing and teaches creative writing here and there. Brigid is currently working on a new young adult book and has recently returned to live in her homeland, New Zealand, after living for 27 wonderful years in Australia.

Reviews

[Mandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have just read this to my kids. A great read, I enjoyed it as much as they did. Left them hanging every night.

[Brian Cham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun and imaginative little science fiction book I enjoyed when I was a child. Nothing too special, but enjoyable nonetheless.