Seventh Grade vs. the Galaxy by Joshua S. Levy

Author:Joshua S. Levy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fiction - Middle Grade, Middle-Grade Fiction, Middle-Grade Novel, Middle-Grade Novels, novel, Novels, Science Fiction, School & Education, Action & Adventure, Bravery, Carolrhoda Books, Courage, Family & Relationships, Friends, Friendship, Galaxy, Humor, Joshua S. Levy, Sci Fi, Seven Grade, Seventh Grade vs. the Galaxy, Space, Space Adventure, Teen, Teenager, Teenagers, Teens
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2018-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

17

“Jack,” Ari says. “Will you pass me that Pencil over there?”

“Ari? What—what happened? How did we get back here?”

We’re on the PSS 118, sitting in our regular seats in history class. The lights are dimmer than usual and the only desks in the room are mine and Ari’s. But everything else seems totally normal.

“Back here?” Ari asks. “What do you mean? And will you please pass me that Pencil over there?”

He gestures toward a shelf behind me, where a Pencil leans against a few textbooks.

“Sure,” I say, handing him the nanoprinter and looking around. “Where’s Becka?”

He smiles and sighs. “She is just perfect.”

“Right. Not my question.”

“But she is,” he insists, fiddling with the Pencil, clicking and writing in the air. “Absolutely, perfectly, perfect. Can you even believe how incredible she is?”

“I know, I know. She’s great.”

Typical.

He grins as he continues coding. “I’m going to make a picture of her!”

“Aha.” On second thought, maybe Ari is acting a little weirder than usual.

“It won’t do her justice,” he goes on. “She’s so beautiful. Her eyes. Her face. And that voice! Have you ever heard anything so angelic?”

“Angelic?”

The man has lost it.

That’s when the door to the classroom swings wide open and Becka charges into the room.

“Isn’t she perfect?” Ari asks, smiling up at Becka.

Oh man. I want to look away. It’s like watching a space wreck happen in slow motion.

“Perfect,” Becka agrees. “She is just perfect.”

Wait, who are they talking about?

“Guys,” I say. “What’s going on?”

“She’s perfect,” Becka and Ari creepily say at the exact same time, like possessed twins in a horror movie. “An angel.”

“Who?” I shout—but before the question leaves my lips, I realize that I already know the answer. I don’t remember what happened during Orientation. One second, I was walking into the mist, and the next, I’m back here. But Becka and Ari must have been brainwashed.

“The Minister,” they answer dreamily, their voices in total sync.

“You’re not thinking straight,” I say, hoping that I can break whatever spell they’re under. “The Elvidians did something to you. You don’t really think that the Minister is perfect. We’ve never even met the Minister.”

Ari gasps and Becka starts cracking her knuckles.

“Not . . . perfect . . . ?” Becka asks, grinding her teeth. “Take it back!”

As she marches toward me, I jump up from my chair and back away. She pauses under a bright light that casts a long shadow over the classroom.

“Hold on, Becka. Relax. This isn’t you.” I look at her red face and tightly closed fists. “Well, okay, this is kind of you. But not really.”

“How dare you insult the Minister!” She raises a fist and moves to punch me into the face.

“Whoa!” I shout, ducking just in time.

Her fist connects with the wall behind me, making a hand-shaped dent in the plaster. She spins around to face me, her eyes wild with hate. That alien mysterious voice wasn’t kidding. Orientation really does a number on you. But how did they get affected so badly while I got out okay?

“No!” Ari shouts to Becka, squeezing between her and me.

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