TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anderson,John David
TI  - Stowaway
T2  - The Icarus Chronicles
SN  - 9780062985941
AV  - PZ7.A53678 Sto 2021
U1  - JF AND 
PY  - 2021///
PB  - Walden Pond Press
KW  - Interplanetary voyages
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Extraterrestrial beings
KW  - Space warfare
KW  - Human-alien encounters
KW  - Families
KW  - Brothers
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Family life
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - JUVENILE FICTION / War & Military
KW  - JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes)
KW  - fast
KW  - Juvenile works
KW  - Novels
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "Author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day and Posted"--Dust jacket
N2  - To save his father, a Coalition scientist protecting a precious resource, after their ship is attacked, Leo stows away on a strange ship of mercenary space pirates and must decide who to trust--human or alien--to stay alive; When scientists discover a rare and mysterious mineral buried in the Earth's crust, it's not long before aliens show up to our little corner of the galaxy offering a promise of protection, some fabulous new technology, and entry into their intergalactic coalition in exchange for this precious resource. Other alien forces are willing to start a war over it. Leo's mother was killed in one attack, and soon after, his father, a Coalition scientist, decides it would be best for them to leave Earth behind. Their ship is attacked, Leo's father is kidnapped, and Leo and his brother are stranded in the middle of space. Theie only chance for survival: stow away on a ship of mercenary space pirates bound for who knows where and beg the captain to help him find his father. -- adapted from jacket
ER  -