Fight For The
Blue Planet by Derek Corney was
a good book. As an adult reading this book I completely understand
the alien's view of humans as a violent and war-like species. I also
understood why children were selected to save the world and not
adults but more on that later.
One
night in the middle of summer three children, Timmy, Adam, and Salma
are visited by an alien. This alien, who calls himself Shack-Shack,
tells the children of another alien race called The Targ who wants to
take over Earth for its resources. Shack-Shack gives each child a
special power (invisibility, shape-shifting, and teleportation
respectively)and convinces them to fight against the Targ. Following a
beacon signal.
Salma teleports them all onto a Targ ship and the fun begins as they
start their battle with the Targ. At one point the children find
their way onto another planet that the Torg are using for a prison
of sorts and manages to free the leaders of another alien race whose
species has resistance camps against the Targ
all across the planet. Things are not all smooth sailing for the
children though as multiple times they find themselves questioning
the actions of their allies. Also at a few different times, these young
children are faced with the moral dilemma of doing something for the
greater good instead of a quick fix. The parent’s of these young
children are completely unaware of anything unusual thanks to shape-shifting imposers that look and act just like their children.
Will the children be able to save their home and return to their
family or is their home going to be destroyed forever?
I
really enjoyed the idea that the aliens chose children to help them
out instead of adults and their reasoning for it is sound. They
mention how children just accept their powers and abilities while
adults would question everything. Also, adults would end up debating
the circumstance among themselves until it is too late, while the
children will just act right away. The one thing that I really did
not like was the uses of double names for some of the aliens such as
Sim-Sim and Lee-Lee. They made an otherwise good book feel
unnecessarily childish to where I thought it was for a much younger age
group than what I ultimately decided.
This
is a children’s book for some middle school readers and younger. At
the same time, I still enjoyed this book as a break from the normally
heavy adult literature. It does have a few remarks and comments that
would make an adult think about our entire race’s behavior. Overall, I give this book a perfect 4 out of 4. The story moves at a
steady pace and introduces new characters and concepts without making
the reader confused. This book is an interesting read for all ages.
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