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Galaxy Zack #15
Ready, Set, Blast Off!
Zack and his friends zoom across the galaxy for the Interstellar Space Race in this fifteenth Galaxy Zack adventure.
When the Sprockets Academy Zoomers enter the Intergalactic Space Race, Zack and his friends are in for an epic race adventure across the galaxy. It’s time to navigate through an underwater maze, fly around planetary rings, and blast through the stars! But when trouble stirs within the team, Zack must take charge. Can he lead them to victory?
With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Galaxy Zack chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
When the Sprockets Academy Zoomers enter the Intergalactic Space Race, Zack and his friends are in for an epic race adventure across the galaxy. It’s time to navigate through an underwater maze, fly around planetary rings, and blast through the stars! But when trouble stirs within the team, Zack must take charge. Can he lead them to victory?
With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Galaxy Zack chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
- GenresChildrensScience Fiction
129 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 8, 2017
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March 19, 2020
Lower Level Juvenile Fiction
2017
I chose this book because there are so many books with girls as main characters. I wanted to choose something that I could readily recommend to a boy. I've often noticed that girls will read books about girls or boys - but boys tend to only want to read books where the main character is male. I'm aware this is a generalization, but in my experience, I can recommend books with either gender to girls and be successful. Whereas, boys want those main characters to be boys (though a book like Harry Potter is okay with the main characters being both).
This book is the 15th in the series - so I would probably end up recommending the first book (though it does seem to be a series that you wouldn't *have* to read in order). It reads like an independent story, though, there were some terms (like the aliens using grape instead of great in a sentence) that the reader would benefit from knowing about ahead of time.
Galaxy Zack has the classic look of the lower juvenile fiction books - it's a chapter book, but the pictures often take up one whole page - with text on the opposite page. As well, the whole page may have pictures with the text on top of it. The font type is larger with only about 20-50 words per page. It's preparing those younger patrons for more advanced chapter books, while still consisting of several illustrations as a step up from picture books.
Zack and his family moved from Earth to the planet Nebulon. He has made great friends there - but his best friend is Drake. Zack, Drake and their two friends Sally and Seth are in a racing club and they were picked to represent the Zoomers in the Interstellar Space Race! They have designed three different rockets and get to race around three different planets to determine who will be the best in the galaxy! Along the way, they are faced with different obstacles (both in the race and amongst themselves) that they will have to overcome if they are to win or even place in the overall race.
One of the things I really liked about this book was that their actions had consequences. For example, in the second race, one of Zack's friends doesn't follow directions and refuses to listen to their navigator. This ends up with them not being able to finish the second race. His friend has to deal with his own inner turmoil as well as the backlash from his friends - but they all eventually come to an understanding. In the third race, there are a lot of obstacles and while they do come from behind, they do not win first place overall. They do make third place, though. I felt this was an important lesson for children to learn - they won't excel at everything, but that doesn't mean they should stop or give up. Working together and striving for your best still has a good outcome, even though it may not be the one you were hoping for in the beginning.
I would recommend this to kids who like books about space, friendships, adventure. I can't remember a child checking this out, so I'm excited to have this one in my back pocket when someone is looking for something new to read.
2017
I chose this book because there are so many books with girls as main characters. I wanted to choose something that I could readily recommend to a boy. I've often noticed that girls will read books about girls or boys - but boys tend to only want to read books where the main character is male. I'm aware this is a generalization, but in my experience, I can recommend books with either gender to girls and be successful. Whereas, boys want those main characters to be boys (though a book like Harry Potter is okay with the main characters being both).
This book is the 15th in the series - so I would probably end up recommending the first book (though it does seem to be a series that you wouldn't *have* to read in order). It reads like an independent story, though, there were some terms (like the aliens using grape instead of great in a sentence) that the reader would benefit from knowing about ahead of time.
Galaxy Zack has the classic look of the lower juvenile fiction books - it's a chapter book, but the pictures often take up one whole page - with text on the opposite page. As well, the whole page may have pictures with the text on top of it. The font type is larger with only about 20-50 words per page. It's preparing those younger patrons for more advanced chapter books, while still consisting of several illustrations as a step up from picture books.
Zack and his family moved from Earth to the planet Nebulon. He has made great friends there - but his best friend is Drake. Zack, Drake and their two friends Sally and Seth are in a racing club and they were picked to represent the Zoomers in the Interstellar Space Race! They have designed three different rockets and get to race around three different planets to determine who will be the best in the galaxy! Along the way, they are faced with different obstacles (both in the race and amongst themselves) that they will have to overcome if they are to win or even place in the overall race.
One of the things I really liked about this book was that their actions had consequences. For example, in the second race, one of Zack's friends doesn't follow directions and refuses to listen to their navigator. This ends up with them not being able to finish the second race. His friend has to deal with his own inner turmoil as well as the backlash from his friends - but they all eventually come to an understanding. In the third race, there are a lot of obstacles and while they do come from behind, they do not win first place overall. They do make third place, though. I felt this was an important lesson for children to learn - they won't excel at everything, but that doesn't mean they should stop or give up. Working together and striving for your best still has a good outcome, even though it may not be the one you were hoping for in the beginning.
I would recommend this to kids who like books about space, friendships, adventure. I can't remember a child checking this out, so I'm excited to have this one in my back pocket when someone is looking for something new to read.
February 15, 2023
Goodness. How much money did the parents, school districts, or governments spend to make this possible⁉️
Zack, Drake (Nebulon best friend, Seth (Nebulon bully turned friend), and Sally (from idea group for the Intergalactic Science Fair) are a foursome for an intergalactic race. So much money must have gone into this competition. The planet-hopping for three races take them to Planet Axie (mostly oceans) for an "aqua track underwater maze," Planet Circulus for ten race rings that rap around the planet, and Planet Magna Stella 4 for the famous Star Speedway. On top of that, the contestants are all children (amazing and eyebrow-raising) who also drew up the designs and gave specifications for the vehicles they would drive.
This must have all cost a pretty penny.
It's just never specified who paid for this or how much it cost.
This would make a fun video game and reading felt like I was either watching someone play it or listening to someone's retelling of it, but I still kind of come back to all the money 💰💰💰.
Now, granted...
✔️This is an intergalactic and higher tech future.
✔️ Future generations tend to have stuff that previous generations probably didn't have.
And ✔️parents tend to want to provide stuff for their children that perhaps they didn't have....
...but is that always necessarily a good thing? Sometimes, it can lead to that seven letter word I've used in quite a few of these reviews for this series: spoiled. Or if we wanna be technical, fifteen words: spoiled children. Again, this would make a very fun video game, but the more I read this series, I wonder why these kids need all these experiences. Sure, I had experiences growing up, but experiences can also and should also be had as adults. This idea that only children should experience things is a bit concerning.
I'll give it 3 stars for the video game feel, but...who won second and first place❔❔❔❓❓❓
Zack, Drake (Nebulon best friend, Seth (Nebulon bully turned friend), and Sally (from idea group for the Intergalactic Science Fair) are a foursome for an intergalactic race. So much money must have gone into this competition. The planet-hopping for three races take them to Planet Axie (mostly oceans) for an "aqua track underwater maze," Planet Circulus for ten race rings that rap around the planet, and Planet Magna Stella 4 for the famous Star Speedway. On top of that, the contestants are all children (amazing and eyebrow-raising) who also drew up the designs and gave specifications for the vehicles they would drive.
This must have all cost a pretty penny.
It's just never specified who paid for this or how much it cost.
This would make a fun video game and reading felt like I was either watching someone play it or listening to someone's retelling of it, but I still kind of come back to all the money 💰💰💰.
Now, granted...
✔️This is an intergalactic and higher tech future.
✔️ Future generations tend to have stuff that previous generations probably didn't have.
And ✔️parents tend to want to provide stuff for their children that perhaps they didn't have....
...but is that always necessarily a good thing? Sometimes, it can lead to that seven letter word I've used in quite a few of these reviews for this series: spoiled. Or if we wanna be technical, fifteen words: spoiled children. Again, this would make a very fun video game, but the more I read this series, I wonder why these kids need all these experiences. Sure, I had experiences growing up, but experiences can also and should also be had as adults. This idea that only children should experience things is a bit concerning.
I'll give it 3 stars for the video game feel, but...who won second and first place❔❔❔❓❓❓
April 17, 2022
Zack, Drake, Seth, and Sally are the Sprockets Academy Zoomers team. They are off to three other planets for a three-part race for which they had to design their vehicle, and they have to navigate and drive for the races. But will the competitive natures of some of the team drive them apart, or can they work together to win?
This addresses a very real issue of how competition can lead teammates to say some pretty harsh things to each other and/or put a lot of unnecessary pressure on themselves and each other to be the impossible perfect. I like how the story addresses this, and the resolution was great. The strange new settings for the races and their spacecraft for each were quite imaginative. I love that this series, though aimed at lower grade readers, doesn't skimp on letting the scifi imagination fly while also having Zack deal with relatable issues most readers will encounter at some point in their lives. It gives readers tools for real life while also transporting their imagination to astounding new worlds.
This addresses a very real issue of how competition can lead teammates to say some pretty harsh things to each other and/or put a lot of unnecessary pressure on themselves and each other to be the impossible perfect. I like how the story addresses this, and the resolution was great. The strange new settings for the races and their spacecraft for each were quite imaginative. I love that this series, though aimed at lower grade readers, doesn't skimp on letting the scifi imagination fly while also having Zack deal with relatable issues most readers will encounter at some point in their lives. It gives readers tools for real life while also transporting their imagination to astounding new worlds.
June 12, 2017
Entertaining. A good lesson about teamwork coached in cool spacecraft and race challenges.
June 25, 2017
I liked this book because I like super #@%$&gas thingy a bunch of long words blah blah whatever(an engine). I also liked this book because I liked it when Zack won the race.
July 18, 2020
I believe my kid - now 5 - is done with these books.
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