Articles about Rocket McGee Book Series
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
How to Share your Rocket McGee Experience on Amazon
How to share your Rocket McGee Experience on Amazon
Our readers tell us they loved the time they spent in Rocket’s world – the stories, the characters – and they just can’t wait for the next installment, or to share their experience by writing a review on Amazon. As soon as they figure out how to do it, that is!
Well, if you’re having trouble sharing, because you just aren’t quite sure how to go about it, watch this short tutorial video by Tutorbot Twelve (a.k.a. John by his closer associates). It’s a quick little tour of the Amazon Reviews Form and the roadmap to get there. It’s not only quick, it’s fast, and some information can fly by you before you know it, while you daydream of Faraway and Pacifica and Affinity Station… Oh! Sorry! Affinity Station’s in Book Three, Rocket McGee: Courting Trouble! – not due out ’til 2016, but you’ll daydream about it soon enough! Anyway, the video’s short enough, you can play it again – and again!
If you like his video, why don’t you leave Tutorbot John a comment here at RocketMcGee.com? And, as for Roan Reedling, author of the Rocket McGee Series, don’t forget the Tinkerbell Effect! A review, to an author, is like applause to a creature of Neverland.
GalleryFocused Field Pulse in Rocket McGee: Avoiding Trouble!
Focused Field Pulse in Rocket McGee: Avoiding Trouble!
Just outside the sealed door to the Golden Caterpillar Train’s boarding platform, frustrated Major Wen fires a focused field pulse at the kidnappers in Rocket McGee: Avoiding Trouble! – Book One in the Rocket McGee Series.
GalleryRocket McGee: Avoiding Trouble!
The kids blast through the Golden Caterpillar Train’s deep tunnels in Rocket McGee: Avoiding Trouble! It’s Book One of the Rocket McGee Series; built by Roan Reedling with middle grade readers in mind that kids of any age can enjoy!
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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 […]
GalleryThe Last Golden Caterpillar Pod
The Rocket McGee kids run for the last Golden Caterpillar Pod in Rocket McGee: Avoiding Trouble!
Avoiding trouble’s one thing they’re not doing very well, though. Trapped in the Golden Caterpillar Train’s gleaming white station, tracking Amelia’s kidnapped dad, the kids scramble for cover – and their lives – rushing for the door to the train’s last pod.
GalleryRocket McGee has a Twitter Page Now
Rocket McGee has a Twitter Page Now! Yes, Rocket McGee has a Twitter Page now too, with quick and easy connections to our other pages and all the folks and orgs we follow. Check it out and follow us, please!
GalleryRocket McGee has a Facebook Fan Page Now
Rocket McGee has a Facebook Fan Page Now!
Rocket McGee has a Facebook Fan Page now too! We’re putting our illustrations of scenes and events from the books up there too. So, check it out, in case it’s more convenient for you to access the illustrations that way! Oh! And LIKE us, please!
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!
