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Go on a Gleeful Space Adventure with Children’s Book Sci-Fi Junior High + Giveaway

By: Angela  /  Published:   /  Updated:   /   693 Comments

I have a fun new children’s book to share with you today. The latest book from James Patterson’s new children’s publishing imprint, Sci-Fi Junior High was just released on February 21st and is out-of-this-world fun to read. It’s an entertaining read for kids (for ages 8+) about what happens when your family moves, and you have to start attending a new junior high school that happens to be in a whole new galaxy. Jimmy Patterson books sent me a copy of the book, along with an exciting giveaway opportunity for my readers. That’s YOU!

Sci-Fi Junior High is a new children's book and an out-of-this-world story about friendship, accepting our differences, and the fight against evil... bunnies. Yes, evil bunnies - don't ask.

About Sci-Fi Junior High

Presented by James Patterson’s new children’s imprint, this gleefully illustrated space adventure is a laugh on every page. That’s a lot of laughs!

Kelvin Klosmo isn’t just the new kid at school – he’s the new kid in the galaxy! Welcome to Sci-Fi Junior High: an inter-galactic space station with students of all shapes, sizes, smells, and… slime content. As the son of Earth’s two most famous geniuses, Kelvin isn’t just the smartest kid in the world….he’s the smartest kid in the UNIVERSE. At least, that’s what everybody at Sci-Fi Junior High thinks.

So, maybe Kelvin lied a little about being a genius to fit in. And maybe a mad scientist is about to take over the universe unless Kelvin can stop him. Maybe everyone is doomed.

Well, at least Kelvin won’t have to worry about math homework anymore.

Sci-Fi Junior High is an out-of-this-world story about friendship, accepting our differences, and the fight against evil… bunnies. Yes, evil bunnies – don’t ask.

Sci-Fi Junior High is a new children's book and an out-of-this-world story about friendship, accepting our differences, and the fight against evil... bunnies. Yes, evil bunnies - don't ask.

About the Authors

Scott Seegert is the author of the Vordak the Incomprehensible series. He lives in Farmington, MI with his wife, Margie, and their three children.

John Martin is an illustrator, graphic artist, and website designer. He is the illustrator for the Vordak the Incomprehensible series. He lives in Farmington Hills, MI, with his wife, Mary, and their three children.

From a recent interview, here’s what the authors hope children will take away from this story:

Scott: Two things: first, don’t worry about trying to impress everybody. It’s okay to just be yourself. People (or, in this case, six-eyed aliens and giant talking slugs) will still like you—at least the ones worth having as friends. Secondly, we hope kids just have a blast reading it. We try our best to have something exciting or ridiculous or weird to read or look at on pretty much every page. We want even the most reluctant reader to keep turning the page to see what absurdness comes next.

John: We also feel that James Patterson is a perfect partner for us. He is “dedicated to making kids readers for life.” Hopefully this crazy-zany story will be a big part in making that happen!

Sci-Fi Junior High is a new children's book and an out-of-this-world story about friendship, accepting our differences, and the fight against evil... bunnies. Yes, evil bunnies - don't ask.

After spending a few days with this book, I think it’s safe to say they accomplished all of that and more. This is such a fun book. I read this book with my 8 year old little girl and she loved it, and particularly enjoyed the illustrations. They really made the book come to life for her. I’m sure we will be reading Sci-Fi Junior High again and again.

Growing up with Star Trek and Star Wars, I have to admit that as a kid I often thought about what living in outer space would be like. I dreamed up some interesting characters and modes of transportation. Through clever storytelling and extraterrestrial life forms that are brought to life in such a fun and imaginative way, Sci-Fi Junior High does a great job of capturing what so many kids dream of.

What would your family’s space adventure look like?

Sci-Fi Junior High is a new children's book and an out-of-this-world story about friendship, accepting our differences, and the fight against evil... bunnies. Yes, evil bunnies - don't ask.

Enter to Win a Gleeful Space Adventure!

**This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to our winner Tabitha B.

One (1) winner receives:
Copy of Sci-Fi Junior High
$100 Visa gift card for an out-of-this-world family adventure!

Giveaway open to US addresses only.
Prizing and samples provided by JIMMY Patterson.

Sci-Fi Junior High Prize Pack Giveaway Entry Details:
1. Leave a comment below no later than March 9, 2017. Comments should be meaningful and a minimum of 5 words. Let’s have some fun with this! Tell about who you want to win this book for and describe what your family’s space adventure would look like.
2. Daily Comments on other non-giveaway blog posts as daily entries are allowed. Just leave a note here to me know where you commented.
3. Follow @aboutamom and @jimmy_books on Twitter.
4. Tweet the following for an entry:
New children’s book #SciFiJuniorHigh from @jimmy_books! Enter to win a copy from @aboutamom + $100 Visa GC! http://bit.ly/2mpTv9e
5. Daily Tweets allowed.

About Angela

Angela is the founder of About A Mom and currently acts as a content creator and editor-in-chief for the About A Mom Team. She has been a professional blogger for over 10 years. Angela has appeared in numerous TV segments, advertising campaigns and her work has been featured by many top publications. She lives in Tampa, Florida.

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  1. Audrey Stewart says

    I would love to win for my nephew, Anthony. He lives in Florida, near the space station. I wish our space adventure’s would be like The Jetsons. I would be Rosie, since my job is a housekeeper.

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  13. Stephanie Phelps says

    Oh my son and I both would love this book and our space adventure would be so jump from one star to another and land on the moon where we would find milk and cookie of all kind and ice cream fountains!

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  16. Ellie Wright says

    My grandsons would love this. Their space adventure would look a lot like a baseball game. It would be hilarious without gravity.

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  19. Julie Wood says

    This book would be my son’s! He has such a good imagination and loves to read about Space. He would travel in Space as an astronaut and help other people on other galaxies enjoy their life by having fun in Space!

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  22. Tara L says

    I would get this for my son. He is in 3td grade and reading every 20 mins is one of his assignments for school. He would like this because he is always asking about space and such and I think it would a great opportunity for him to read something like this.

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  29. Marilyn Legault says

    My grandson would love this adventure book. Would love to somehow have a park in space with jet propelled skate boards.

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  32. Dawn Schmidt says

    I would love to win this book for my son, he is a huge fan of this author. I think our trip would involve a lot of space food stops 🙂

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  34. Natalie says

    I would love to win this for my nephew! If we could go into space we would have a kickball competition! The ball would go on forever!

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  39. elizabeth miller says

    I would love to win this book for my daughter. She LOVES everything James Patterson writes. She got about 10 of his books at Christmas and they were gone by the end of January. He really entertains middle schools kids, a group which is often overlooked. She doesn’t know this book is out but I know she will want it. Our super family adventure would entail going to Washintong to the National Air and Space Museum that she asked for for 2 years now. She has a huge interest in aeronautics.

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  40. Cheryl B says

    I would love to win this for my Granddaughter. Our space adventure would allow us to time jump back and forth back to Earth.

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  42. Betsy Barnes says

    I would love to win this for my hubby and son! They were just talking about a space adventure to the seven planets that were just discovered and how they would have a layover on the moon.

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  45. Steve Weber says

    I would love to win this for my nephew! we would fly to Mars.. who doesn’;t love a red planet.

    groogruxking40 @ gmail dot com

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  48. Amanda Alvarado says

    I think my daughter would enjoy reading this! I’ve never really thought about living in outer space so not sure what our adventure would look like!

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  51. shirley says

    Our girls would love this book. Their space adventure would look like a soccer ball game, kicking the ball from on planet to another.

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  57. Seyma Shabbir says

    This sounds like a really fun book! I have 2 sons 7 and 9 and we love to take turns reading a story together before bedtime. My sons love adventure stories and this definitely fits our style!

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    • Seyma Shabbir says

      Forgot what my space adventure would look like. I would hope it would involve visiting all the planets and finding Extraterrestrial life!!

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  61. Kristen says

    I’d like to win this for our friends’ twin boys. If my family went to space it would be a big adventure, we like to try new things. Scary for those of us afraid of heights though!

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  67. Lisa Brown says

    My niece would like the book; if able to go into space, just having the ability to feel no gravity would be a lot of fun for the family.
    jslbrown2009 at aol dot com

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  73. Janet W. says

    I would love to win this book for my grandson! Our family space adventure would probably look like us trying to play tennis in space!

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  76. Ty says

    My niece would love this book! Our space adventure would look exactly like the Jetson’s movie. I think it would be fun to on the adventure in the Jetson’s meet the Flintstones.

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  79. Elena says

    I would love to win this for my son. He wanted to be an astronaut when he was little. He would bring his video games and snacks in his space adventure

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  82. Heidi Bee says

    I would love to win for my son, he loves James Patterson’s books and has read several already. He is currently reading Treasure Hunters. I would think it would be fun to go to our local space museum, we have never been! Thanks a bunch!

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  87. amber cheras says

    I would love to win this for my niece! She would love an outdoor space adventure looking at the stars and planets through a telescope.

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  100. Jocelyn Brown says

    I’d like to win this for my little cousin, Jilly. She’s in 6th grade and really into science, so I think she’d like this book.

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  109. HS says

    My kids would love to read this book, my family’s space adventure would probably look like a adventure of connecting with E.T. Kids are obsessed with him.

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  114. latoya says

    This sounds like a cool book. I have a little cousin who I would read this too. I’ve never thought about what it would be like to live in space, I’ve always just fantasized about going to space and floating around and then coming back to earth.

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  117. Barbara Montag says

    I would like giving this book to our grand daughter.
    Our space adventure would be traveling to another planet and learning new things.
    thank you

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  127. Annmarie W. says

    I know my niece would love this book! And with all the new planets they’ve recently discovered, our family adventure would be to one of those to see if there’s sign of life…or to set up a colony there!

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  143. Jennifer W says

    This book would be for my daughter. I love to read to her every night. Our spaceship would look like a giant teddy bear and all of the food on the ship would be candy.

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  147. Julie Matek says

    I would love this book for my daughter! Our space adventure would include beautiful white Sandy beaches & warm weather!!

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  150. Dana Rodriguez says

    Our family space adventure would be going to Mars and making friends with the aliens. This looks like a great book!

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  158. ERICA WEAVER says

    i would love to win this for my two little boys our adventure would consist of fighting aliens and traveling around space and milky way

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  164. Carmen Q says

    This would be for my 11 year old daughter and our family adventure would be visiting other planets, especially Jupiter and Saturn!

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  173. Emily Endrizzi says

    My son would love this book. Our family’s space adventure would be interesting. We would have to cram 3 dogs, 3 kids and 3 kids all on board. Space suits for the dogs would probably need to be custom made and 3 daily space walks would be quite an adventure…even more so than usual. My pre-teen daughter would likely spend most of her time rolling her eyes and being sarcastic while avoiding any contact with the rest of us as much as possible. My youngest son is up for anything so he would have a blast. My oldest son would probably be on his computer most of the time. It’s possible that he may not even notice we are in outer space.

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  179. Kelly D says

    I think that my son and daughter would both enjoy this book. I think our space adventure would look like the brochure my daughter made about Neptune for a school assignment. She said it could be a snow day every day.

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  182. Adriane says

    Patterson is a terrific writer – would love to see what he does for a kids book 🙂 I’d give this to my friends daughter – she’d love it!

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  189. Jen Haile says

    I’d love to win this for my son. Our space adventure would be like riding in Han Solo’s ship, including the Wookie!

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  206. Kelly skibbe says

    My oldest daughter loves to read and she would think this book is fun She is always looking for a new adventure.

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  215. Nicole Colletti says

    Thanks for the giveaway!!! I would love to win this for my son Dylan, he’s in 5th grade which in our town is junior high. So I know he would love it! We moved to this town less than 3 years ago.. so we have been having our own new adventure! And if we hadn’t moved he wouldn’t be in junior high till 6th grade so it’s been a BIG transition for us! I think he would relate to the book very well!!

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  220. Wehaf says

    I have been a fan of science fiction my whole life and I hope that my nieces and nephews will like the genre, too. This would be a great book to introduce my older nieces and nephews to fun sci-fi literature!

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  222. amy pugmire says

    My girls would both love it! We would love to hop from planet to planet seeing what each one is like along with the stars and take lots and lots of pics!

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  225. Audra O'Hara says

    Evil bunnies in space? Yep, my daughter would like that. She’s very interested in space so she would like that Kelvin’s story is galactic. Our family adventure would be us hunting the universe for new places to go hiking. As long as the planet didn’t have evil bunnies.

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  228. Ashley B. says

    I would love to win this for my two little boys! Our space adventure would look like a big party in space. We’d bring snacks, music and have a party with the aliens!

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  235. Michelle C says

    I would love to win this for my daughter. She’s an avid reader. Our space adventure might including playing disc golf, since that’s our favorite family activity.

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  238. Rachel says

    I would love to win this book for my nephew. He’s really into reading and this looks like a great book. My families space adventure would be full of zero gravity games, snacks and laughs.

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  244. Caitlin says

    I’d like to win this book for my niece. Our space adventure would be an escape from the pain and mundanities of everyday life and we would be brave together.

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  247. Brigitte Bauman says

    I would love to share your book with my nephew so we can plan a trip beyond our universe and discover the next Earth like planet. I am following you on Twitter.

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  317. Deborah Caudill says

    I would give this book to my son since he loves space adventures. Our family’s space adventure would be sort of like that old movie with Lea Thompson in it where she is at space camp and the kids accidentally go into space and have all types of very real troubles, but overcomes her fears and they work as a team to solve their seemingly insurmountable problems and eventually get back to Earth safely. You have to learn something and grow as a person to have a really special space adventure. Thanks for having such an awesome giveaway! By the way, the name of the movie is Space Camp.

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  328. Jen Rodrigues says

    I would love to give this book to my godson because he loves reading and loves reading about action and adventures. A good book is great adventure for him to use his imagination. Thanks for chance.

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  354. Angela W says

    My son would love to read this book. His space adventure would include nature and odd creatures that he designs (draws).

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  372. Natalie U says

    I would win this for my daughter. Our space adventure would be to Mars, but I guess the next closest thing would cape canaveral.

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  375. Candice East Sheets says

    I would LOVE to win this for my son, who is an avid reader like his mommy. I’ve been reading to him since he was a toddler and I believe it is what changed his outcome in life (paetially). He’s on the spectrum and has multiple other diagnoses. I believe it gave him his extensive vocabulary and ability to listen and retain it. Plus–opened his world to feelings and knowledge. Books are a gift!
    Our SPACE ADVENTURE would revolve around imagination! We’d purchase crafty bits and create our own space…we’d create creatures thst we bumped into…and have science experiments. We could create a special space school backpack! Actually–he NEEDS a backpack…so this would be a main purchase and fun to decorate!

    ☆☆Already following JIMMY BOOKS on Twitter and FB! Following you, as well, now. My twitter handle is CANDYEASTSHEETS.

    Thanks so much to you all!

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  379. Laura says

    I would like to win this book for my nieces. Our family’s space adventure would be awesome and full of fun!

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  387. Julie Wood says

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  390. Cynthia Gaarder says

    I would want to win for my son he is 11 and on the spectrum and these types of books help him understand real from fake.

    I follow both on twitter – mentormommyof2

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  408. Angela Saver says

    I would love to win this for my nephew! Our family’s space adventure would be to explore the moon & we would have lots of fun desserts to explore while in space!

    Andysavi.Mom @g mail.com

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  419. Cat Hare says

    I would love to win this book for my granddaughter. I am always encouraging her to learn about the Universe. First stop, the Moon. Lots to be discovered there 😉

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  426. Jennifer Davis says

    I’d love to win for my daughter. We love reading together & then discussing where’d we go & what we do. She’s fascinated with space, animals & the ocean. We usually draw a picture or do a craft for the different books we read. I homeschool so it’s really fun to incorporate lessons, imaginative dreams from the books & crafts ideas from books!

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  447. Sarah Hall says

    I would give this book to my grandson for his birthday next month. If we went into space, I’m sure it would be wonderful and we would have great fun checking out the moon and stars.

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  450. katie says

    I would love to win this for my daughter and our space adventure would involve neat space food since we’re big food people!

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  511. Jen Reed says

    I would love to win this for my daughter who loves to read anything. This genre is so fun. My family’s space adventure would have to include space animals and “moon-cheese”.

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  516. Fiona N says

    I would love to win this awesome prize pack and super cool book for my nieces and nephews. They always love to fly to the Moon 🙂
    Thank You for the great giveaway

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  519. Susan Christy says

    I’d like to win this for my nephew. Our space adventure would be totally automated since we are so into technology. Jetson’s like!

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