Mark Wells and the Secrets of Zyron
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Ten-year-old Mark Wells never planned on blasting off to a newly discovered planet. But when he stumbles into his parents' top-secret spaceship with his robot best friend B-2, he ends up crash-landing on Planet Zyron - a glowing, slimy, alien world unlike anything on Earth. Captured by locals who think he’s up to no good, Mark must survive a set of bizarre and hilarious “Great Trials,” and uncover Zyron’s greatest secret: a way to harvest clean, limitless energy. But there’s a twist - Zyron got rid of all technology centuries ago. With Earth in desperate need of solutions, Mark and his family must wrestle with a dilemma: can we build a sustainable future without giving up the tech we’ve come to love? This story blends humor, action, and a timely environmental message, and will appeal to fans of The Wild Robot by Peter Brown and Space Case by Stuart Gibbs.
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Ten-year-old Mark Wells never planned on blasting off to a newly discovered planet. But when he stumbles into his parents’ top-secret spaceship with his robot best friend B 2, he ends up crash-landing on Planet Zyron - a glowing, slimy, alien world unlike anything on Earth. Captured by locals who think he’s up to no good, Mark must survive a set of bizarre and hilarious “Great Trials,” and uncover Zyron’s greatest secret: a way to harvest clean, limitless energy. But there’s a twist - Zyron got rid of all technology centuries ago. With Earth in desperate need of solutions, Mark and his family must wrestle with a dilemma: Can we build a sustainable future without giving up the tech we’ve come to love?
About the Author
Ayden Ayanda Boateng is a young Ghanaian writer, an avid reader and a big fan of music and sports. He was born in South Africa and has lived in Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, France and now Ethiopia. His favorite books include The Wild Robot, The Wayside School, Dog Man and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.