Astronet

"Nathaniel, my tutor-comp, wakes me each day with the time, the date and the weather.

On this particular morning I hear, "Ping…ping... ping... 6.29am. Thurthday, May 21tht. Today'th temperature will reach a mathimum of twelve. Occathional hail and thquaills."

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Publisher: MacMillan Education Australia
ISBN: 0 73294150 4

Lydia Ng lives in the 22nd Century. She's shy and a bit of a loner. Then she finds some pen-pals who become her good friends. When Lydia's Aunt Daisy, a scientist, disappears on a secret field trip, Lydia and her pen-pals go to her rescue.

For 9-12 year old readers.