"Think: ‘Nancy Drew meets Men In Black.’Thirteen-year-old Hazel has a rough life: two nerdy rocket scientists for parents, a kid brother convinced he’s an alien, and a housekeeper trained by the Spanish Inquisition. But when her parents vanish, the housekeeper turns into small bits of charcoal, and the police only shrug their shoulders, Hazel realizes she’s still got a lot to learn about rough.
As days drag by with no news, Hazel decides she’ll have to find her parents herself. And she’s determined nothing will stop her – not her complete ignorance of how to go about it, not her loony brother’s ravings about evil alien kidnappers, not even the dead guys trying to kill her.
But first she’ll have to join in a race to find something small and red and jolly. Winning that race will be her only chance to save her family. And a lot of other families as well."
(Description by Author on Amazon.com)
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My Blurb:
Hazel Wetherby is a 13 year old student turned Private Eye who is on the case of her missing parents that were kidnapped by Aliens. Left to deal with her younger siblings, one of which who claims to be an Alien, Hazel has little time to spare to unravel the whereabouts of her parents.
The young Private Eye is suddenly thrown into the middle of a huge intergalactic mission for a secret formula, that her parents worked on. Hazel's parents lives and the lives of many others depends on finding the formula before the Aliens do.
Lets Talk About It:
The story was a wild ride through Hazel unraveling the secrets behind her parents disappearance, her interaction (and reaction) to Aliens some of who are allies and her courageous attempts to get to the formula before anyone else could. Even with being hunted by numerous parties trying to take her out of the picture, Hazel and her friends never gave up.
Hazel is a great character and even though some of the things in the book that happened weren't exactly things I could see happening in real life it was still written well enough to where it could be believable. I mean, if Aliens exist in this book why can't a 13 year old hire a housekeeper and rent an office?
There were many characters in the book that I really enjoyed. Kierkegaard, Hazel's brother, being one of them. This kid, I mean Alien, is a hoot. Here everyone thinks he's crazy saying that he is an Alien named Proctor inside Kierkegaard's body but it's actually true! Igor the housekeeper and the way he came to truly and deeply care for the children even though he was hired help.
The only negative here is that there was so many characters beyond the main ones that at times I didn't know who was who or what was what. I had to re-read and double back a couple of times so that I could figure out who that person was. That is not enough to deter me from purchasing the second book if there is one.
In fact, I really hope that this ends up turning into a series. I'm a big fan of Hazel and Kierkegaard/Proctor and hope to see them in another book soon!
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