  | Planet, the portal, and a pizza Author: Mass, Wendy | |
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Summary:
Told in alternate voices, twelve-year-old Piper discovers her parents are in jeopardy, while budding scientists Raisa and Lev find themselves stuck in the wrong universe, and the key to saving them lies with each other.
| Added Entry - Personal Name: | Baskin, Nora Raleigh |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (09/15/25)
Full Text Reviews:
Other - 08/11/2025 Chaotic mad-scientist energy abounds in this unwieldy time-and-space-bending tale about changing friendships and yearning to belong by Baskin (Consider the Octopus) and Mass (The Lost Library). Though Piper’s renowned clockmaker parents rarely leave their Rockdale basement lab, and Piper’s only friend is the family pet-a talking robot dog named Roody-the math-loving 12-year-old’s biggest concern is winning the school robotics competition. That is, until she stumbles across a book filled with puzzling equations that only she can see, and her parents at the same time become trapped in a force field surrounding their house. Meanwhile, sixth grade BFFs Raisa and Lev live undisturbed in an alternate, sci-fi-infused Rockdale until Raisa transports herself and Lev into Piper’s world using a strange rectangular device from Raisa’s mother’s lab. Upon losing the transporter, the besties embark on a frantic search for the object; simultaneously, Piper struggles to free her parents and unravel the mystery of the strange book. Bustling alternating third-person perspectives follow the freewheeling antics and near misses along the white-cued tweens’ parallel journeys until converging mysteries force them to cross paths in a somewhat befuddling yet gratifying climax. Ages 8-12. Agents: (for Baskin) Katelyn Detweiler, Jill Grinberg Literary; (for Mass) Holly Frederick, Curtis Brown. (Oct.) - Copyright 2025
