The Surface Trials

Kids join an intergalactic, televised survival contest to secure their futures, only for the competition site—a hazardous, uninhabited planet—to quickly gain the upper hand in this pulse-pounding middle grade sci-fi adventure.

Starquest Academy only admits the smartest and most daring kids in the galaxy—the ones who win the Surface Trials. Broadcast to millions, this cutthroat competition brings squads of academy hopefuls to an uninhabited planet where they have three days to solve the clues...