Saving Sal & Sally

"Saving Sal & Sally" is story number four in the children's book series The Hoosie Stories. The eight cousins, seven girls and one boy are back for another adventure.The cousins search the Moon for their stolen Hoosie-What's-It. They meet Sal & Sally. Then the Bad Stelarkus find them on Block Island. This exciting chapter book contains 8 chapters, one for each cousin, and 50+ color illustrations. The pages hold flying machines powered by the sun, boats, beings from other planets and great fun with cousins and friends. "Saving Sal & Sally", a chapter book for all ages, can be read as a fast paced story through the eight intertwined chapters or each chapter can be read as stand alone stories. This approach offers easy reading of one chapter at bed time each night.

Each of the eight chapters tells the story of how each cousin, in age order, contributes to "Saving Sal & Sally". Ava has a Slurry Twirler made in her father's shop. She flys the her Hoosie-What's-It to Kira in Washington DC. Kira uses the Slurry Twirler in her spare Hoosie to travel through time with Sal & Sally on her way home from the Moon to pick up Juliette. Juliette whisks Kira back to the Moon to grab their stolen Hoosie and is attacked by the Bad Stelarkus. Anastasia, Lila, Corrina, Bert, and Astrid jump into the action as the Bad Stelarkus begin toe chase Sal and Sally from one hiding place to another.

This chapter book stands out for the number of pictures sprinkled within eight-eight pages, and the extraterrestrial beings, and unique inventions:

The Stelarkus are unique creatures that originate from the planet Neptune. They also populate Neptune's moons. The Stelarkus change colors based on their moods, they can be invisible, they eat candy, they might be able to swim (we are not sure yet), and they can fly. Licorice is the Stelarkus' favorite candy.

The Hoosie-What's-It is a vertical take off and landing vehicle (VTOL) created by the cousins. The Hoosies can fly, hover, and float. When needed the Hoosies can fly at the speed of light and travel through time.

The Slurry Twirler is an instrument on the Hoosie's dashboard that is used when the Hoosie needs to travel through time. The pilot can zip to any date and time in the future or the past.

The cousins, seven girls and one boy, have been on many adventures together since they invented the Hoosie-What's-It so they can be together. They discovered extraterrestrial life on the planet Neptune in their last adventure. They make friends with beings from Neptune in Saving Sal & Sally.

The parents of the cousins know about the Hoosies and Sal & Sally but they do not know that the Hoosies work and Sal & Sally are real. The cousins are pretty busy staying out of trouble. They always tell the truth but no one ever believes them.

"Saving Sal & Sally" is a fun chapter book story for both girls and boys that crosses into the workd of picture books.