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Cakes in Space

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Cakes in Space by Philip Reeve (, Devon, UK), and Sarah McIntyre (, London, UK)

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By Philip Reeve (, Devon, UK), and and, Sarah McIntyre (, London, UK)

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Astra’s family are all snoring in their sleeping pods, but Astra is WIDE AWAKE. With her friend, Pilbeam, she goes off exploring and soon finds out the ship is in deep trouble. It’s been knocked off course and invaded by a gang of Poglites, an alien salvage crew searching for spoons.
But even the Poglites need Astra’s help when they discover something far more sinister lurking in the canteen… Sure, they’re cakes; but no one would describe them as sweet!
Another splendiferous adventure from dynamic duo, Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre.

Reviews

28 Aug 2023

I love this cakey book

14 Aug 2023

This book was fun to read as it kept me interested, because every chapter had a new new adventure to continue. I think it is cool that the author has made a book where humans go through space to another planet. My favourite character were the cakes as they were funny, cute and dangerous. I would recommend it to people in the age range of 7-12

12 Aug 2023

Cakes in space ? Nomotron accidentally makes angry cakes and the pologrites try and steal them. ASTRA and her friend black horror have to help her to save the day . I loved it. Totally recommended

27 Jul 2023

I love how everything was so fine and then not and then it was all fixed and it just had a way of saying “oh it’s all gonna get better” and then it just doesn’t, but it always ends well.

14 Jul 2023

Its really good book, its full of imagination and true story so much fun to read.. its fun to read about Astra and drama

25 Aug 2022

I love the premise of this book which is a future family being frozen so they can travel for 1000s of years to a new planet through space to their new home. Astra makes friends with a friendly robot just before being put to sleep she orders a fantastic cake from another robot but something goes wrong and she wakes up before arriving at her home and can't wake her family. She then discovers she wasn't specific enough when she ordered the cake and now their are killer cupcakes on the loose. A fun adventure story with a futuristic robot twist without feeling genuinely terrifying. A fun story.

13 Aug 2022

I liked the nameless horror the most and at the start I found it really good but then I got a bit bored bit it was still good

05 Aug 2022

I like the part when the nameless horror is actually good not bad like the pologites

02 Aug 2022

The story is fun and scared. I like the robot named Pilbeam. I would recommend all of you.

25 Jul 2022

This book is perfect for readers who love adventure and fun in one story. It also points out that you should’t just someone by their appearance. I would definitely recommend it!

24 Jul 2022

Funny level: maximum

21 Jul 2022

I fort it was quete good , I rate this book 3 out of 5. It is all about a girl couled Astra travilling in space to Nova Mundi , on the way Astra comes acros LIVE CAKES!

05 Jul 2022

This book is a great way of engaging readers who love to dream about going into space.

30 Aug 2021

She didn’t fall asleep!

08 Aug 2021

I think this book was fabulous its got a good plot I think the idea of cakes eating you instead of us eating them is interesting.I love the idea of going to Nova Mundi and the alien poglites and how they invade ships.I like the idea of the sleep pods that cool you and how theres an escape button.

05 Aug 2021

I liked reading it because it was good. I liked them fighting the giant cakes.

01 Aug 2021

This is a brilliant, action-packed story featuring a girl and her friends. Full of monstrous cakes with teeth and aliens and a nameless horror.

29 Jul 2021

I liked nomotron because when Astra asked him to make the ultimate cake he makes the ultimate cake and the monster cakes.

13 Jan 2021

not my usual choice
I like the baby the best
would recommend to younger kids (<9)

30 Dec 2020

This was very good because I like their books. My favourite character was Astra because she is the main character.

15 Dec 2020

I loved it. Cakes are my favourite thing and a machine which can make anything you want? Well that's amazing.

15 Sep 2020

This book is about cakes travelling to space even a robot malfunctions

14 Sep 2020

This is a great book.

01 Sep 2020

It was funny because the poglet captain said “you still think you can scare us with your cakes. We eat cakes for breakfast, well not really for breakfast, that would be weird, but we eat them for afternoon tea”

27 Aug 2020

I liked this book because it was funny and exciting when characters could be eaten by flying cakes instead of the characters eating the cake.

21 Aug 2020

first 1 i red - faboulous!!! i just do not think the title is appopiate for the book

21 Aug 2020

The book was so great that I directly read it twice.

I would love to have a friend like Pilbeam.

20 Aug 2020

It was amazing!would recommend to 7+. so there is girl called astra and she is flying on a space ship to a new planet called nova mundi and it will take 199 years to get there.so before lift off she asks a robot called nom-O-trom 9000 to make the ultimate cake then it gets messy.

18 Aug 2020

A quirky and exciting story about a young girl who has to battle killer cakes on her own with only a friendly robot to help! You'll never look at cakes in the same way again!! I really love books by Philip Reeve so I enjoyed this a lot. I'd recommend it for anyone who likes a good fun story.

11 Aug 2020

This was a fun, epic and humour book! I would certainly recommend it.

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