Catstronauts: Space Station Situation - by Drew Brockington (Paperback)

About the Book

In this third graphic novel based on actual NASA procedures, the elite team of cat astronauts is a member short as author/illustrator Brockington takes the CatStronauts to the brink, adding in mounds of jokes, charm, asteroid showers, and enough tuna for everyone!

Book Synopsis

The bestselling CatStronauts series continues in the third book with an un-fur-tunate situation that causes one member of the team to quit!

When chief science officer Pom Pom rejoins the CatStronauts on the International Space Station, she has to get to work right away--the Hubba Bubba Telescope isn't working, and CATSUP is losing funding by the day!

But as the CatStronauts and Mission Control race to find answers, the unthinkable happens and pilot Waffles is forced to orbit the Earth in nothing but his space suit. Even though he's no scaredy cat, Waffles has a hard time staying out in space. When disaster on a global scale rears its head, will a fractured CatStronauts team be enough to save the day?

In this full-color graphic novel, author/illustrator Drew Brockington takes the CatStronauts to the brink, adding in mounds of jokes, charm, asteroid showers, and enough tuna for everyone!

Read all the CatStronauts Adventures:
Mission Moon
Race to Mars
Space Station Situation
Robot Rescue
Slapdash Science
Digital Disaster
Cosmic Clutter

Review Quotes

Praise for CatStronauts: "With its appealing blend of cuteness, substance, and humor, this should have readers over the moon. "--Kirkus Reviews

"Brockington's off-the-wall kitty sci-fi series packs the full-color panels with cute cats, space travel, and comical high jinks... sure to elicit lots of giggles among middlegrade comics fans."--Booklist

"Humor and suspense compete throughout... In playful, mock-heroic, full-color cartoons, Brockington mines space theater for everything.... Even the chapter headings get in on the fun."--Publishers Weekly

"The engagingly lighthearted drama and positive resolutions, and the expressive characters, who are as adorable as they are adventurous, provide... fun purchases that will do well on their own or paired with heavier nonfiction titles on history or the environment."

--School Library Journal

"There's lots of enthusiasm for graphic novels for this age range, and the CatStronauts deserve a spot."--BCCB

About the Author

Drew Brockington has flown a Space Shuttle, repaired the International Space Station, and served in Mission Control; all during a week at Space Camp. CatStronauts is his first series. He lives with his family in Minneapolis.