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Hal Junior: Book 1

The Secret Signal (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Simon Haynes (Author) (edit contributors)

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Hal Junior lives aboard a futuristic space station. His mum is chief scientist, his dad cleans air filters and his best mate is Stephen 'Stinky' Binn. As for Hal - he's a bit of a trouble magnet. He means well, but his wild schemes and crazy plans never turn out as expected! Hal Junior:... read more

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A supply ship is visiting Space Station Oberon, a scientific research outpost, and Hal's class is going on an outing to watch the arrival. As if that wasn't exciting enough, the crew invites them aboard for a tour of the ship!
During the tour Hal sees his mum, the Station's chief... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

A supply ship is visiting Space Station Oberon, a scientific research outpost, and Hal's class is going on an outing to watch the arrival. As if that wasn't exciting enough, the crew invites them aboard for a tour of the ship!
During the tour Hal sees his mum, the Station's chief scientist, but she pretends not to know him. She passes him a message warning him to leave the ship and warn the Space Station about a sinister plot. Unfortunately the rest of the message is lost!
Hal escapes the ship and raises the alarm, but events are moving quickly and the Space Station is in lockdown. With the help of an ally or two, Hal dons a space suit and sneaks back aboard the ship to free the captives.
Unfortunately that's not the end of it: someone aboard the Space Station was in on the plot, and they escape with the station's precious research.
The ship is leaving with the research, and there's no way to stop it. At least, not until Hal Junior comes up with a crazy plan!

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  • “Reversing the polarity always works.”
    Stephen 'Stinky' Binn
  • “Teacher had told him the name of the galaxy once, but Hal called it The Snot because it looked like the time Stinky Binn had sneezed inside his space helmet.”
    Hal Junior
  • “Finally, question three: Name the heaviest element on the periodic table. Your answer, Mr Junior, was 'thickonium'.”
    Teacher

Setting & Locations edit see section history

This book is set in the Hal Spacejock universe, a distant future where humans have populated many planets in the galaxy. Life is peaceful, space travel is common, and planet Earth has been lost in the mists of time. In this settting, Hal Junior lives aboard a remote space station where scientists work on mysterious (unrevealed) research.

First Sentence edit see section history

Captain Spacejock was patrolling the galaxy's deadliest sector in his sleek fighter, the Phantom X1.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 1 in Hal Junior. (standard series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Simon Haynes (Author)

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  1. Simon Haynes (Illustrator) - Internal illustrations

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Bowman Press
Country: UK
Publication Date: October 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-1877034077
Page Count: 186

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Hal Junior contains almost 30,000 words across 25 chapters. To gauge the reading level you can read the first couple of chapters here: http://www.spacejock.com.au/HalJuniorSample.htmlSome of the situations Hal gets into are dangerous - for example, getting lost in space, almost running out of air in his spacesuit, dangling down a recycling shaft head-first, etc.No sexual references, no bad language.

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