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Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
4.0

Age: 7-10 years
Part of a series
Similar to Bone (humor) and Wizard of Oz (meeting friends along the way)

While exploring a meteoroid crater, daring Zita discovers a red button and can't resist the temptation to push it. Her cautious friend Joseph is instantly abducted by an alien and Zita quickly follows to save her friend. She enters a planet unknown to humans only to find that the world's end is nigh as a meteor plummets into the atmosphere. Determined to save her friend, Zita sets out on a quest meeting outcasts who join her on her quest to save the planet and her friend.