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Gr 8-Up Deliciously creepy and suspenseful, this sequel to Interstellar Pig (Puffin, 1995) will thrill science-fiction fans. In the first book, Barney joined neighbors in an oddly absorbing board game, only to find that it was real, that the other players were aliens, and that the fate of Earth lay in the balance. This book, set the next summer, finds the 16-year-old still playing Interstellar Pig with his friends Katie and Matt, but just as a simple board game. Or so he thinks, until Julian, a mysterious new player, turns out to be a disgusting, parasitic alien who...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Almost twenty years ago, when teenagers were playing PacMan on their computers and Dungeons and Dragons in their living rooms, Sleator took gaming to new heights by inventing an interactive board game, Interstellar Pig, in his novel of the same name (rev. 9/84). The players are not symbolic pawns but real-life aliens who move FTL (faster than light) through time and around galaxies, destroying all life forms that thwart their attempts to capture the grand prize, a Piggy that lives within the bodies of the victorious players. Barney, an Earth player who sent The Piggy to planet...Log In or Sign Up to Read More