An amazingly creative little sci-fi book that stretches the imagination but maintains its easy read for children.

I love a bit of Sci-fi, but I tend to find that Sci-fi for children is either aimed at a very young audience whose humour is still centred around fart guns and funny looking aliens, or for very mature students who can easily move up to YA or even adult literature styles.

This was a perfect balance!

The book itself that I picked up was made specifically to cater for dyslexic readers, with a larger, easier typeface and extra spacing and indents.

The book was short enough not to be off putting for those who might find it to be, but also long enough to get a decent plot and relationship going with the characters.

I loved the setting, the characters, and the array of species, planted, languages etc (which are my favourite parts about sci-fi in general).

The plot was gripping, complicated enough to challenge a younger reader yet keep an older one entertained, and simple enough for an older reader to guess the clues quickly, yet to keep a younger one slowly unfolding the meanings.