Odd One Out - Star Girl

Brief Description: Addie, officially known as Star Girl, is having some trouble fitting in at the Space Education and Action School, but she hopes her second mission will be a success--she and Grace (Comet XS), who does not trust her, must seek out the source of the pollution that is poisoning the intelligent vine aliens on the planet Plantagan. Marc Notes: First published in 2011 by Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd.; Addie, officially known as Star Girl, is having some trouble fitting in at the Space Education and Action School, but she hopes her second mission will be a success--she and Grace (Comet XS), who does not trust her, must seek out the source of the pollution that is poisoning the intelligent vine aliens on the planet Plantagan. Publisher Marketing: Planet Plantagan's air is being polluted, and the vine aliens are suffering. When the space cadets investigate, they ll get themselves into a one big tangle."

Contributor Bio:  Park, Louise Louise Park is one of Australia's leading children's authors, publishers, and educational consultants. She has had over 20 years of experience in teaching, publishing, seminar presenting, and writing both fiction and nonfiction. Her new tween fantasy adventure series, Star Girl, is ready to take girls reading to a whole new dimension. Contributor Bio:  Matthews, Melanie Melanie has created illustration for all sorts of things, including advertising, video games, jigsaw puzzles, kid's lunchboxes, T-shirts, books, magazines, and websites. When she's not drawing, she can usually be found reading, cooking, eating, or napping. Melanie is also a pretty good swimmer."Contributor Bio:  May, Kyla Starting her career in magazine photography, Kyla earned a degree in Graphic Design and Visual Communication at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She went on to work as an art director at the reputable Melbourne advertising agency Clemenger BBDO, where she created award-winning print, television, and online campaigns, plus branding. Kyla s unique creative style and bent for comedy led her to create the very successful greeting card line Flirt and Smirk, which in turn led to many other entrepreneurial ventures including books, television, and licensing and a little company called Kyla May Productions.