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Alien at the Backyard BBQ

Alien at the Backyard BBQ


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An interactive sci-fi adventure where YOU decide the outcome! Perfect for readers aged 8-12 who love aliens, action, and hands-on problem solving. When an alien spaceship crash-lands in your backyard, your summer vacation takes an unexpected turn. Meet Zorp-a friendly (but slightly clumsy) visitor from another planet who needs your help to fix his ship and get home. But rebuilding alien tech isn't easy... especially when nosy neighbors, mysterious government agents, and wild raccoons are getting in the way! Will you sneak through the junkyard undetected? Fix the plasma core in time? Or end up captured by the Men in Beige? Every choice you make leads to a different outcome-some hilarious, some heroic, and some... disastrous. Why This Book Is STEM-Appropriate: Alien BBQ integrates key STEM principles into an engaging narrative, encouraging young readers to think critically and solve complex problems. As players help the alien Zorp repair his damaged spacecraft, they explore basic engineering concepts like circuitry, material science, and mechanical function. The interactive choices and dice-based mechanics reinforce logical thinking, probability, and strategic decision-making. By blending storytelling with scientific inquiry and hands-on problem-solving, the book fosters curiosity and builds foundational skills in science, technology, engineering, and math-all while keeping readers entertained with humor, suspense, and adventure. Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Kids-Building Bright Futures Through Books!

About the Author :
Chris McAuley is a best-selling, award-winning, New York Times Best-selling writer who is most famous for creating the popular StokerVerse franchise with Dacre Stoker (Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew). This continuation of Bram's work has proliferated from graphic novels, books, audio dramas, table-top games into the world of television and film. He has also created a successful science fiction franchise with Hollywood actress Claudia Christian (star of Babylon 5) called Dark Legacies. Chris has recently been nominated for the highest award for writing in tabletop games - The Ennies for his Three Musketeers vs Chthulu RPG which has also become a comic book series. He is also known for his work on Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and Terminator franchises. Away from writing duties he is the co-owner of X-G3 Productions, a film company spearheaded by CNN's George J Giakoumis and Peter S Gialoumis as well as a multiple award-winning Executive Producer on The Stranded Warrior Sci-Fi film and InterFleet Broadcasting PBS Streaming show. Simon Chinook is an illustrator/comic artist & designer based in Swansea, South Wales. Father to an amazing daughter and lucky enough to live with the best Labrador that has ever existed. When not spending time painting covers for records, books and comics, or illustrating comic book interiors and RPGs he spends far too much money on old films and books, and is running out of shelf space.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781968532079
  • Publisher: Crystal Lake Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Crystal Lake Publishing
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 750 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1968532072
  • Publisher Date: 05 Aug 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 127 mm


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