4 stars
| I went from having no idea that one of my favorite Disney Channel Original movies growing up was based on a book to being slightly obsessed with this series. Recently, I enjoyed reading the original picture book and was excited to see there was also a chapter book series. This is the second book in the series (sadly, my library did not have the first book), but I don’t think you really need to know anything going in so it can be read as a stand-alone. In this one, Zenon wants to join the spaceball team, but has some difficulties because of her small size. The book does a good job incorporating lessons about friendship, hard work, and problem solving. This was a great read. The chapters are fairly short and there are fun illustrations to break up the text. It was helpful to have Zenon’s Guide to Space Station Slang at the end as there are quite a few unfamiliar terms used throughout the story (“inky”, “scorch”, “quasar”). Fun read. I’m really loving this series so far. Can’t wait to read the third book. Goodreads |