The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #3: The Uncommon Cold

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Finn and Explorer Troop 301 get trapped on a planet riddled with viral robots in the third book of this funny chapter book series based on the award-winning kids' podcast! Finn's best robot bud, Foggy, comes down with a weird virus while exploring a planet full of dancing robots. But he won't let Finn help him. Foggy only wants to dance the Hokey Pokey with his new robot friends! Now Finn and Explorers Troop 301 have to find a cure before the robots attack. But can Finn also fix his friendship with Foggy Or will his robot BFF stay on the two-stepping planet forever Blast off into a brand-new adventure inspired by the popular award-winning kids' podcast! Like the podcast, the books are sort of like Scooby-Doo meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in space. The story centers on Finn Caspian, an 8-year-old boy aboard The Famous Marlowe 280 Interplanetary Exploratory Space Station. He and his friends Abigail, Elias, and Vale are Explorers Troop 301, taking off from the Marlowe to explore uncharted planets, help the occasional alien, and solve a mystery that threatens to destroy the Marlowe. The books in this series are for kids ages 7 to 12 looking for a funny illustrated story to tear through. They contain no violence, a little bit of suspense, and some aliens who are real chuckleheads...

Jonathan Messinger is an award-winning author and journalist and the creator of The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian podcast and co-founder of Gen Z Media, a company devoted to producing high-quality podcasts for kids. He was a founding editor of Time Out Chicago, where he edited its books section and then went on to be the web editor for Time Out Chicago Kids. He has been named one of the Top 50 literary figures in Chicago five times by NewCity and was named one of Chicago's "Top 30 under 30" by UR Chicago. His 2007 book of stories, Hiding Out, was named a Best Book of the Year by The Omaha World-Herald, and was an Alex Awards nominee. He currently serves as executive producer of Gen Z Media and lives in Chicago with his wife and two sons.

Praise for the podcast: "So good that your parents won't want to leave the room once they start." -- New York Times Praise for the podcast: "The addictive new science-fiction podcast for kids." -- Chicago Tribune "Witty and warm, and the subtle pokes at sci-fi tropes temper some of the more obvious messages about the importance of working together and respecting differences." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books