y separately published work icon Hal Junior series - author   children's fiction   children's   science fiction   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Hal Junior
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y separately published work icon The Secret Signal Simon Haynes , Belmont : Bowman Publishing , 2011 Z1837145 2011 single work children's fiction children's science fiction humour

'Middle-grade science fiction (funny books for kids). 29,000 words, 186 pages, 40 illustrations. The Secret Signal is the first book in the Hal Junior Series. Book two, The Missing Case, is also available in paperback and Kindle ebook editions.

'With its funny illustrations, engaging characters and easy-to-read text, Hal Junior is ideal for reluctant readers. (Reluctant boys will especially enjoy troublemaker Hal Junior's hair-raising adventures.)' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Missing Case Simon Haynes , Belmont : Bowman Publishing , 2012 7324200 2012 single work children's fiction children's science fiction

'The Missing Case is the second book in the Hal Junior Series.

'With its funny illustrations, engaging characters and easy-to-read text, Hal Junior is ideal for reluctant readers.' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Gyris Mission Simon Haynes , Belmont : Bowman Publishing , 2012 7324264 2012 single work children's fiction children's science fiction

'Hal and Stinky are very excited about the camping trip to Planet Gyris ... imagine a whole week of fishing, swimming, sleeping in tents and running wild!

Unfortunately, the boys crash land in the middle of a forest, and there's little chance of rescue. Is this the end of the camping trip ... or the start of a thrilling new adventure?' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon The Comet Caper Simon Haynes , Belmont : Bowman Publishing , 2018 18962385 2018 single work novel science fiction

'Space Station Oberon is on high alert, because a comet is about to whizz past the nearby planet of Gyris. All the scientists are preparing for the exciting event, and all the kids are planning on watching.

'All the kids except Hal Junior, who's been given detention.

'Unfortunately the comet passes a whole lot closer than expected. Fortunately nobody is hurt, but the kids are trapped in one half, the adults in the other.

'Never mind. They have air and supplies, and they can all sit tight and wait for rescue.
Or can they?

'The scientists discover Space Station Oberon is now falling towards Gyris, faster and faster, and it's going to crash into the planet long before anyone can be rescued!

'Now it's up to Hal Junior and his friends. Not only do they have to save themselves, they've also got to save all the scientists and the space station! But how?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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First known date: 2011
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