Control

Outernet #2

by Steve Barlow

The Outernet is under attack. Our heroes -- several not-so-clever Earth kids and a meddling dog and cat team -- have in their possession the last Server under Friends' control. The fate of the galaxy is on their shoulders, and it's time to decide: make the quest to save the world, or sit back and eat cheeseburgers.It's a tough choice, but luckily, the right decision is made. So now Jack, Merle, and Loaf are on a journey through space and strange worlds to restore freedom to the galaxy.

Genres: Science Fiction, Childrens, Young Adult

168 pages

First published June 21, 2002

About the author

Steve Barlow (real name Steven Lowe) was born in Britain. He studied at Warwick University and Nottingham University, and worked at various times as a teacher, actor, stage manager and puppeteer. Then he went to teach in Botswana. On his return to the UK he met Steve Skidmore, collectively known as The Two Steves—are British collaborative writers who mostly work in the field of children's literature. They have written over 70 books together.

Reviews

[The Third Place A Teen Library]

F BAR outernet bk. 2

Science Fiction

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book of the Outernet series. They are a very good book and it has a good plot.

[Abby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read with a tutoring kid. He's really into this series, the first time he's been this way in a series that have no pictures or aren't graphic novels... Very cool.

[Eric]

It is a very good book. I like Friends better.I also like the Forces of Evil.