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  Whoever first discovers an asteroid gets to name it. Maybe one day an asteroid will be named after Archie or Pockets!

  About the Authors

  WENDY MASS has written lots of books for kids. MICHAEL BRAWER is a teacher who drives space taxis on the side. They live in New Jersey with their two kids and two cats, none of whom have left the solar system.

  Cover

  Title Page

  Welcome

  Dedication

  Chapter One:

  Training Day

  Chapter Two:

  The Beast

  Chapter Three:

  Plants Versus Pockets

  Chapter Four:

  No Way, No How

  Chapter Five:

  What Would Pockets Do?

  Chapter Six:

  A Case of Mistaken Identity

  Chapter Seven:

  On Board the Mother Ship

  Chapter Eight:

  Woof!

  Three Science Facts to Impress Your Friends and Teachers

  About the Authors

  Copyright

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

  Copyright © 2016 by Wendy Mass and Michael Brawer

  Illustrations by Keith Frawley, based on the art of Elise Gravel

  Cover art © 2016 by Elise Gravel

  Cover design by Kristina Iulo

  Cover © 2016 Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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  First ebook edition: May 2016

  ISBN 978-0-316-24329-2

  E3-20160408-JV-PC