Si in Space

by John Luke Robertson, Travis Thrasher (Editor)

Overview

In this four-book juvenile fiction series featuring the popular Robertson family of Duck Commander and written by Phil’s grandson John Luke Robertson (with Travis Thrasher), readers are invited to participate in the zany fun of the Duck Commander world. After a few chapters, readers can choose to go down different paths—all filled with humor and life lessons.

In this volume, a stranger comes into town offering the Robertsons the chance of a lifetime—to take a ride in a real spaceship and travel into space. Of course, none of the Robertson crew listens to this crazy person except Si, who pays to be a traveler. When John Luke hears about the opportunity, he decides to tag along for the ride. Soon they’re traveling in space, but the captain of the ship goes unconscious. Can they make it back to earth alive?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496400062
Publisher:	Tyndale House Publishers
Publication date:	09/19/2014
Series:	Be Your Own Duck Commander , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

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Si in Space

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By John Luke Robertson, TRAVIS THRASHER

Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Copyright © 2014 John Luke Robertson
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4143-9815-0

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CHAPTER 1

NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN

ALL YOU CAN HEAR IS YOUR BREATHING. Inhale, exhale. Deep breath in, deep gasp out. Uuuuhhhh, hhhhuuuu.

"DC Enterprise, do you copy?"

Nothing but silence. Nothing but the gasping, wheezing sounds of an old redneck in space sucking up the oxygen in his helmet.

"Houston, do you copy?"

You're twirling, spinning, swirling, being Mary Lou Retton in deep space. Not sure who that is? Google her, Jack, 'cause there's no time to explain. You're doing somersaults in front of the big blue ball that's known as Earth.

It looks close enough to touch. But it's a long, long ways away.

"West Monroe, do you copy? This is Mission Specialist Silas Merritt Robertson. But you can call me Si. Or Uncle Si. Or, hey—you can call me Al. I don't care. Just call me angel of the morning. Say somethin'."

But you get nothing.

Still gasping, still trying to control your breathing, still trying to stop your backflips, you don't know what to do.

You're in your space suit, but you're not connected to the space station.

"George Clooney, do you copy? George? Anybody?"

This is quite the start. Or maybe this is already the end.

VENUS

YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT, which, hey—you can do it when you have to. If you'd ever been caught in 'Nam, you wouldn't have talked. Not that you would have had anything to tell the Vietcong, but still. You always have to be ready. Like a Terminator. Always ready to strike. Or to stay quiet. Or always ready to tell someone, "I'll be back, Jack."

And your patience pays off—this slacker teacher actually explains a couple things. After thirty minutes of listening to the guy ramble, you know these are the facts, Jack:

1. All of these people around you come from some solar system or galaxy called Bananarama. Which you swear is a band from the eighties, but you weren't about to raise your hand to say that.

2. You don't think these are clones. But you do know these people are in costume. What do they really look like? Will they give birth to lizard babies? You don't know.

3. There's going to be an attack, like D- day in World War II. It's secret, and these aliens are going to take Earth by surprise. Something about world domination. They're going to start by invading the great US of A. And then others and eventually the entire Earth. But why are they going to start with the US? Probably because we're all on our smartphones taking selfies for Twister and updating statuses on Farmbook and posting pics on Instafamous.

So the world's gonna end while we're thumbing away at our phones.

You know you gotta find John Luke and get off this ship.

Then you gotta tell people.

Phil. He'll be the first person to know.

Your brother will have a plan. No—you'll have a plan, and Phil will be able to tell you if it's good or not.

There's a reason you're on this ship. That's right.

God knew he needed the right men for the job.

Si and John Luke to rescue all of humanity.

So how are you gonna do it?

You don't know exactly, but you do know they keep mentioning "the misters." As if they're the leaders and the ones calling the shots.

When this briefing of sorts ends and everybody is dismissed, you casually go along with the other hippie vets who surround you. You decide to strike up a conversation with Mr. Ponytail.

"So you know where you're getting sent?" you ask him.

"Some suburb of Chicago. How 'bout you?"

The guy even talks gruffly, like he's tired and fed up and about five seconds from going Rambo on everybody.

"I'm heading to West Monroe. It's in Louisiana."

The guy nods. You half expect him to take out a cigarette and start talking about the war.

"They're pretty smart, you know," Mr. Ponytail says.

"How so?"

"Taking existing stereotypes and inserting them into a culture.

Guess they've been studying this group of beings for a long time."

You nod and see the elevator that brought you to this floor.

"Hey, I'll see you around," the guy says as you head for the elevator.

"Yeah, possibly." No, hopefully I won't ever see you again.

You get into the elevator and hit the button for the first floor, wondering if John Luke is getting out of his meeting at the same time.

As the doors begin to close, you spot a familiar face: Commander Noble.

He's walking with the rest of the crew. Hands tied behind their backs. They're being led by men who look like—

Pirates?

Then the doors close.

(Continues...)

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Editorial Reviews

In Si in Space, you are Silas Robertson, but most people call you Uncle Si. An exciting business opportunity gives you and John Luke a chance to travel into space, and you can’t wait to orbit the moon. Some might say space travel is scary, but you’re not worried, Jack. After you guys blast off, though, things start going wrong. The spaceship’s computer takes over, there’s a UFO following you, and you encounter adorable-looking but dangerous creatures. Can you and John Luke make it back to Earth alive, or will you get lost in space?

In the Be Your Own Duck Commander series, you get to choose what happens next!

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