The Terra Prime Adventures- Book Review for Early Readers

Books, books, books. One thing you will see when you enter our house is books. We have books in our living room, dining room, and every bedroom of the house. You will often find books left open on the kitchen table, couch and middle of the floor. If you take a closer look at these books, you might find some that you recognize and others you have never heard of before. We don't own the New York times best sellers or the popular books you will see at the library. We are VERY picky about the books that we chose to own in our home. These books need to be wholesome, contain rich writing and deep themes. This is true from picture books to chapter books.

One area that we have had a very hard time finding books is for early readers. Readers that are ready for chapter books but can't quite handle something like Little House independently. Many of the books available at this age are either commercialized with characters from popular shows and movies, graphic novels or fluff (There are a few we have found we enjoy). I am always thrilled to find a new book that fits this early chapter book reading age and this is exactly what this series, The Terra Prime Adventures hit.

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I first found this book through the author in a Facebook group, while sharing the story my husband wrote and published for our children. Before reading aloud to our children, I pre-read the first book to confirm that there was no inappropriate material, and the book had redemptive qualities. I was very happy to see that there was no politics of identity or lustful “agenda” being pushed, no violence, no bad words, and a great wholesome theme.

The Terra Prime Adventure Series is a good clean space story for kids and families. The first story sets the scene of a tween boy who awakens on the starship to find that his sleeping pod was opened while everyone else's stayed closed. Zack must solve the problem on the spaceship of an un-identified intruder, with only the help from the on board computer. This problem is done in an exciting yet non scary way that allows young readers to become concerned about Zack and involved in the story. As you progress through the series we are introduced to some friendly space creatures and family members. The author does a great job giving Zack, the main character, challenges that are exciting but not scary. Each of the challenges Zack encounters throughout the series is focused on a malfunction of the ship, or a non-living threat such as meteors. I loved that the action of this story did not revolve around hurting another creature, or any direct fighting.

One thing I appreciated about this story, was the short chapters and larger writing. Although we read these as a read aloud, I will also be giving them to our
8-year old to read on his own. The formatting is perfect for a child who can read, but needs to improve their reading confidence. Our kids thought it was funny and suspenseful. They were begging me to read the next chapter. We loved the inclusion of some pictures as well. I appreciated the story had nothing scary, which allowed us to read this as a bedtime story. It was nice to come across a wholesome space story without any of the concerning contemporary agenda.