Articles about Rocket McGee Book Series Book Two
GalleryCan Rocket McGee and Friends pull it together in time?
Can Rocket McGee and friends pull it together in time?
“In time for what?”, you ask. Well, consult the book, Rocket McGee Back in Trouble!, aka: Pirates over Pacifica. Rocket and Brain. kidnapped by pirates. Chad and Amelia. led on a wild goose chase. Will they figure the way out? Can they pull the puzzles together in time?
“In time for what?!”
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Thanks! – Roan.
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GalleryRocket McGee reaches the summit of The Keep
Rocket McGee reaches the summit of The Keep. Copyrighted material from Rocket McGee Back in Trouble!: Pirates over Pacifica follows.
She threw herself up over that final edge and skittered across the last of the lava rocks’ knife-edged swirls – quickly, before any more pain could reach her brain – skittered to where the lava swirls joined with the smooth, rusty-tan rock of the Keep, ’til she lay in a haphazard heap of splayed arms and legs; her hands, feet, and midriff bloodied… gasping, wheezing, but safe, on a flat, solid surface. She laughed and wept all at once.
You did it, you wuss! She laughed.
She wanted to lie there, to cleanse in the downpour, to bask in her triumph, to coddle her wounds. But she had to press on.
There wasn’t time to spare. She’d set things in motion… and the longer it took to shut down the jam field, the more likely her friends would be found before rescue – assuming they’d gotten away at all…
She straightened her arms and lifted her torso off the ground; raised her head, then her eyes, to the Keep. The antenna at the summit glowed and flickered, pulsing in the lightning’s strobe.
Trailer for Rocket McGee Back in Trouble!
Trailer for Rocket McGee Back in Trouble!
Here’s a new trailer for Rocket McGee Back in Trouble!: Pirates over Pacifica.
Rocket’s secret is revealed before she’s ready – before anyone in her whole world is ready. And, on the tail of being battered by the backlash, Rocket and her friends are beset by enemies new and old. Now they must rise again to defend themselves and protect the people they love. Can they? Could you? Find out, in Rocket McGee Back in Trouble! It’s available on Amazon now!
GalleryPirates over Pacifica
Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble! or Pirates over Pacifica
You’d think 12-year-old Rocket could catch a break and rest on her laurels a bit, after that trouble with the golden caterpillar, but no. It’s barely Book Two of the Series and Rocket’s secret is revealed before she’s ready – before almost anyone in her whole world is ready – and though her three closest friends are behind her all the way, she’s shunned by the rest of the omicrons, who are shocked and just don’t know how to deal with the sense of betrayal they feel, being kept in the dark for so long by creatures they sort of suspected already. And on the heels of being battered by the broadcast of her secret, Rocket and her friends are engulfed in a whirlwind of perilous plots by enemies new and old, and they have to rise to defend their world and the people they love even as their own world changes around them and omicron fades in favor of even more faraway dreams…
Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble! or Pirates over Pacifica is Book Two of the Rocket McGee Series by Roan Reedling. Check the series out at the Rocket McGee Book Series Page on Amazon.com
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Flight from Hong Kong – Rocket McGee
Flight from Hong Kong, in Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble! Chad and Amelia make it out of Hong Kong with help from Professor Dennehy, and Daffy, the seaplane, a Grumman G-44 Widgeon.
The very tall building just left of center – tallest of them all, in fact – is Tower Two of the Hong Kong International Finance Center, where much of the action that Chad and Amelia saw in Hong Kong took place. It’s 412 meters tall, at the tip of its top (1,351.7 feet). The International Finance Center is a huge complex that includes Tower Two’s shorter, older sibling tower (Tower One); a giant, multi-story shopping mall; a train station, where you can catch the speedy express shuttle to and from Hong Kong International Airport; and the Four Seasons Hotel, where Chad and Amelia stayed while they were there.
The Maritime Museum is on Pier Eight of the ten central piers on that waterfront just north of 2IFC.
GalleryEarth Pledge
This is the Earth Pledge.
Janina Lamb made this poster of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Earth by Janina Lamb and Joe Jenkins that Amelia Feeney translated into Spanish in Book Two of the Rocket McGee Series, Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble!
Demos lealtad a la tierra y a toda la vida que soporta, un planeta en nuestro cuidado, irreemplazable, con sustento y respeto para todos.
Amelia worked out that translation for mosaic murals that will grace the central atria of the Live and Learn Centers she’s helping build in Central America – the “Centros de Salud y Ciencia”.
Roan Reedling, author of the Rocket McGee Sci-Fi book series for tweens, young teens, and other kids of all ages, is the proud owner of one of these posters from Janina Lamb’s studio. You can find one at the Lamb & Lion Studio.
Amelia did take a little license in her translation… Her translation actually started out like this:
– Copyrighted Material from Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble! –
Dad lealtad a la tierra y a toda la vida que soporta, un planeta en nuestro cuidado, irreemplazable, con sustento y respeto para todos.
“You’re right,” he said, with an admiring smile, “it’s beautiful.”
He caught her, as if with long practice, when she fell against him and he hugged her warmly, resting the bridge of his nose on the side of her head.
“It’s not quite a pledge anymore or it would start with Daré, I guess. But […]
GalleryFlying Cadillac Cyclone XP 74 in Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble!
Thom O’Ronan, Amelia Feeney, and Chad Saenz buzz the Kangagas LNG Carrier Asian Venture in Harley the aircar, a reproduction Cadillac Cyclone XP 74 in Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble!
The LNG Carrier depicted here is based on a photo image we saw at the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas’s website. They have a lot of interesting information about an energy source and related technologies leading to big changes in our world today. We were especially attracted by the photo of LNG Ship 2 that appears in the slideshow on their main page, because it presents the best aspect for illustrating Harley’s flyover with the kids. You can find it in the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas’ Photo and Video Library too.
The photo of LNG Ship 2 is a lot more detailed and zoomable than the cartoon drawing accompanying this Rocketblog and it could be a great visual aid for following the action described in Chapters 11 through 14 of the book, Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble!
Doopy the omicron Doople; science fiction vehicles in the Rocket McGee Series
Doopy the omicron Doople; science fiction vehicles in the Rocket McGee Series for kids, Rocket McGee:Back in Trouble! Book Two. Doopy is an omicron Doople.
Copyrighted Material from Rocket McGee: Back In Trouble!: “That name came from duple, a word meaning double or having two parts. Dooples were like deep-dive atmospheric exosuits, like the one developed in Canada by Nuytco Research Limited, complete with working arms and legs, except that a Doople was about twelve meters tall and had a double cockpit where an exosuit’s helmet or viewport would be.
The so-called double cockpit was actually two separate one-person mini-subs set side-by-side atop the Doople’s shoulders. They could detach from the main body for independent operation and either one of them could drive the Doople by itself. Inside the duple cockpit, it looked like the two capsules were joined into a single, larger cockpit, but that was just a holographic illusion created on the mini-subs’ interior panels.”
Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble! Rocket tries to save the pilot of the Backfin
Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble! Rocket tries to save the pilot of the Backfin.
Brain configures Doopy to float on the ocean and Rocket rushes to help the pilot of the Backfin escape his cockpit after he crashes into the Doople. A Doople is like a deep-dive atmospheric exosuit, like the ones developed in Canada by Nuytco Research Limited, complete with working arms and legs, except that a Doople is about twelve meters tall and has a double cockpit where an exosuit’s helmet or viewport would be.
Copyrighted Material from Rocket McGee: Back in Trouble!: “Brain stopped ‘treading water’ with Doopy and let the Doople’s torso rise to float flat on the surface, face up, knees doubled under so his heavy plods wouldn’t pitch the bottom part of his torso back down in the water. In that position, the counterweight of the submersibles on his shoulders created a nice, level, and relatively flat deck about four meters long by four meters wide. The natural waterline was just under a meter from the surface of the deck. That could be adjusted, but if not, then Doopy’s torso would normally extend another two meters or so below the waterline.”
