Norby's Other Secret & Norby and the Lost Princess

by Isaac Asimov, Janet Asimov

Overview

In the second volume of the complete children’s sci-fi series, a boy and his robot venture to a dangerous planet and go in search of a missing princess.

Norby’s Other Secret

Scheming scientists want to find the secrets behind Norby’s antigravity abilities, but they have to dismantle him to do it! To evade them, Norby and Jeff flee to the planet Jamya, where Norby was created. But can these friends survive a planet is inhabited by angry robots and intelligent, hungry dragons?

Norby and the Lost Princess

Jeff and Norby travel unintentionally to the distant planet Izz, where they are forced to join a search for the missing princess. Their journey takes them to the muddy world of the Slithers, strange creatures who imprison the travelers, sting them into submission, and communicate with them only through musical sounds. Then things go from bad to worse when they discover that the missing princess has been turned into a tree!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504095518
Publisher:	Open Road Media
Publication date:	08/06/2024
Series:	The Norby Chronicles
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	129
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 11 Years

About the Author

Janet Asimov (1926–2019) was an author, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst who started writing children’s science fiction in the 1970s. She was married to Isaac Asimov from 1973 until his death in 1992, and they collaborated on several science fiction books aimed at young readers, including the Norby Chronicles.

Isaac Asimov was a Russian‑born American writer and the author of nearly five hundred books. He is credited as one of the finest writers of science fiction in the twentieth century. Many, however, believe Asimov’s greatest talent was for, as he called it, “translating” science, making it understandable and interesting for the average reader.
Isaac Asimov was a Russian‑born American writer and the author of nearly five hundred books. He is credited as one of the finest writers of science fiction in the twentieth century. Many, however, believe Asimov’s greatest talent was for, as he called it, “translating” science, making it understandable and interesting for the average reader.

Janet Asimov (1926–2019) was an author, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst who started writing children’s science fiction in the 1970s. She was married to Isaac Asimov from 1973 until his death in 1992, and they collaborated on several science fiction books aimed at young readers, including the Norby Chronicles.

Date of Birth:

January 20, 1920

Date of Death:

April 6, 1992

Place of Birth:

Petrovichi, Russia

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

Columbia University, B.S. in chemistry, 1939; M.A. in chemistry, 1941; Ph.D. in biochemistry, 1948