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A review by hollowspine
Cakes in Space by Philip Reeve, Sarah McIntyre
3.0
The second in Reeve's Not-so-impossible series, which I liked better than the first one. The series looks like it doesn't keep recurring characters, just the theme of odd adventures.
This book takes place on a ship hurtling through space. Astra was supposed to sleep all the way to her new home on Nova Mundi, a planet far far away, but something woke her up. Maybe it has something to do with the request she made of the Nom-a-Tyron before she went to sleep, a request for the ultimate cake, a cake so good it was scary.
Then there are the aliens. Oh and a Nameless Horror. Not everything is as it seems, delicious pink icing could hide deviously sharp teeth and dark noodly appendages could have entirely good intentions. This one I could see as a selection for a junior book club. Funny, zany, somewhat similar to Daniel Pinkwater.
This book takes place on a ship hurtling through space. Astra was supposed to sleep all the way to her new home on Nova Mundi, a planet far far away, but something woke her up. Maybe it has something to do with the request she made of the Nom-a-Tyron before she went to sleep, a request for the ultimate cake, a cake so good it was scary.
Then there are the aliens. Oh and a Nameless Horror. Not everything is as it seems, delicious pink icing could hide deviously sharp teeth and dark noodly appendages could have entirely good intentions. This one I could see as a selection for a junior book club. Funny, zany, somewhat similar to Daniel Pinkwater.