The Uncommon Cold

By Jonathan Messinger, Aleksei Bitskoff (Illustrator)

Book #3 in the The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian series

Finn must save his robot friend from a virus on a planet of dancing robots before it's too late.

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144 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Finn Caspian and Explorers Troop 301 face a quirky challenge on a planet of viral robots. Finn's robot friend, Foggy, is infected and only wants to dance, ignoring Finn's help. As the threat of a robot attack looms, Finn must find a cure and mend his friendship with Foggy. Will he succeed, or will Foggy be lost to the dance forever? Join this space adventure filled with humor, suspense, and unexpected twists as Finn navigates friendship and danger in the cosmos.

From the publisher

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…

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