{"id":11818,"date":"2021-04-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11818"},"modified":"2021-04-14T09:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T14:28:11","slug":"m-for-million-mile-road-trip-in-the-purple-whale-to-mappyworld-and-beyond-whoa-by-rudy-rucker-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11818","title":{"rendered":"M for MILLION MILE ROAD TRIP in the purple whale, to Mappyworld and beyond? whoa… by Rudy Rucker (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Feuding alien beings,
augmented old station wagon (surfboards included),
three teens must save humanity\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoe just wants to get through graduation tomorrow, best friend Villy might not get to (math = yuck, guitar = yes), and his younger brother Scud excels at\u2026 being annoying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her dad’s in a flying saucer cult, Mom hasn’t forgiven him for walking out when Zoe was little, and her half-sister is in jazz band, too – just regular Southern California, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the musical riff that Maisie just taught her opens an interdimensional portal<\/a>, small yellow aliens Yampa and Pinchley call Zoe, Villy, and Scud on a mission to stop bad aliens from invading Earth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stretch crawdads, fleshy flying saucers (friendly vs. evil), Thudd dinosaurs – the three teens meet all sorts of aliens on their million-mile road trip through the basins and ridges of Mappyworld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will they make it to Szep City where rebels gather to oppose Lord Groon’s takeover of Ballyworld aka Earth?
Can they get back to Los Perros in time for Zoe to play her trumpet solo at the talent show and save the world?
Is that Maisie over there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Upsy downy inside out” plus a saucer-pearl can get the kids out of jams or into multi-worlds<\/a> trouble!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoe and Villy take turns recounting their amazing sci-fi journey through Mappyworld and from friendship to love. One universal truth – chocolate is the ultimate currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which of your skills would help you outsmart an alien invasion?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Million Mile Road Trip \/ Rudy Rucker. Night Shade Books, 2019. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Personal copy; cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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