A review by octavia_cade
The Pet by Mel Gilden, Ted Pedersen

adventurous fast-paced

3.0

The storyline here is blindingly obvious and I think any child reader would say the same, but it's still an enjoyable read. A furry, rhino-type creature is smuggled onto the station and Jake and Nog rescue it and have fun with their new pet, who is not all he seems. My opinion of these Trek children's novels (because they're not young adult by any stretch of the imagination) is always closely linked to how credible the story is, given the age of the two protagonists, and this one's bang-on. It's a sci-fi twist on boys-and-their-dog, and it's completely believable that kids would get excited about the possibility of a pet and take it to their secret clubhouse and eat ice-cream sundaes together. I mean, who wouldn't?