Astronaut Academy: Splashdown - by Dave Roman (Paperback)

About the Book

"It's summer vacation for the students of Astronaut Academy, and Maribelle Mellonbelly is throwing the best party ever on Beach Planet? Yes! But tensions rise when Hakata Soy's archrival, Rick Raven, arrives. And soon the whole planet is heating up--with a giant volcano threatening to blow its top! Unless they can work together to save the planet, the students of Astronaut Academy will be toast. But can they put aside their differences in time to turn the tide?"-- Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Astronaut Academy: Splashdown is the exciting third installment of the middle grade graphic novel series from author Dave Roman.

Heroes like Hakata Soy don't take vacation!

It's summer vacation for the students of Astronaut Academy, and Maribelle Mellonbelly is throwing the best party ever on Beach Planet? Yes! But tensions heat up fast when Hakata Soy's arch rival, Rick Raven, arrives. And soon the whole planet is heating up--with a giant volcano threatening to blow its top!

Unless they can work together save the planet, the students of Astronaut Academy will be
toast. But can they put aside their differences in time to turn the tides?

Review Quotes

"All of the characters are adorable, like hastily drawn Hello Kitty figures, but taken from a broad array of cultural origins. The Wibowos give them dimension with their Technicolor palette."--Kirkus

About the Author

Dave Roman is the author/illustrator of the Astronaut Academy series and writer of the graphic novels Teen Boat! Race for Boatlantis and Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery. He has contributed stories and art to Goosebumps Graphix: Slappy's Tales of Horror, and Nursery Rhyme Comics. Roman is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, a former editor at Nickelodeon Magazine, and is currently series editor for First Second's Science Comics and History Comics series of nonfiction graphic novels. He lives in NYC and draws a webcomic called Starbunny, Inc. See more of Dave's work online.