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The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers

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The Way Back Home

Oliver Jeffers

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · April 10, 2008

Reading lane: Space Exploration Fiction

A Picture Books pick for readers exploring The Way Back Home.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Moonlit Friendship

A playful space adventure finds common ground in the dark, far from home.

Come here for

  • A boy’s airplane, a moon landing, and a hint of lurking monsters
  • An Earthling and Martian who discover they’re not so different

Expect

  • A gentle blend of spaceflight, lonely nerves, and friendship
  • Imaginative adventure with a warm-hearted view of difference

Book Details

Authors
Oliver Jeffers
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
April 10, 2008
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Space Exploration Fiction · Space & Astronauts
Reading lane
Space Exploration Fiction

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Big Feelings

  • Friendship

  • Planes & Flying

About This Book

From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes an imaginative tale of friendship in a world where what makes us different isn't nearly as important as what makes us the same. When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space! Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring landing on the moon ....

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From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes an imaginative tale of friendship in a world where what makes us different isn't nearly as important as what makes us the same. When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space! Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring landing on the moon . . . but there’s no telling what kind of slimy, slithering, tentacled, fangtoothed monsters lurk in the darkness! (Plus, it’s dark and lonely out there.) Coincidentally, engine trouble has stranded a young Martian on the other side of the moon, and he’s just as frightened and alone. Martian, Earthling—it’s all the same when you’re in need of a friend.

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