The Ark

by Ben Jeapes

Book Overview

Captaining HMSS Ark Royal as part of Earth's first interstellar delegation should be an honour. Try telling that to Michael Gilmore.His passengers are an ill-tempered prince and an inscrutable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439219175
• ISBN13: 9780439219174
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

Great!

I thought that this book was very good and it keeps you on the edge of your seat every second! I would recommend it to people of all ages!

Surprisingly good

I have read the U.K. version of the book - titled "His Majesty's Starship" - but the story is evidently the same. I found the plot twists very entertaining and consider the lack of some background information of little concern. I certainly wasn't worried about the author missing out any quasi-scientific explanation for currently-impossible techniques. This is something that's missing from a large proportion of S.F. stories. This book has joined the select list of those I can enjoy reading several times - despite being published in a young-adult category. By the way - I guess the author assumed the existing U.K. had finally merged with the European Union and that the Royal Family had taken their remaining supporters with them into space.