The Planet, the Portal, and a Pizza

The Bulletin

“Mass and Baskin’s story is anything but predictable, traveling through a series of bends, folds, and holes through time and space to come to a conclusion that is surprisingly logical, followable, and thought-provoking.”

 Publishers Weekly

“Chaotic mad-scientist energy abounds in this unwieldy time-and-space-bending tale about changing friendships and yearning to belong by Baskin (Consider the Octopus) and Mass (The Lost Library). . . .Bustling alternating third-person perspectives follow the freewheeling antics and near misses along the white-cued tweens’ parallel journeys until converging mysteries force them to cross paths in a somewhat befuddling yet gratifying climax.”

Booklist

“Mass and Baskin raise the stakes in this heartwarming sf adventure by creating a mystery of identities in a cascading dual narrative. Vivid visual metaphors and a down-to-earth setting make this an accessible read on string theory.”

School Library Journal

“Themes of similarity and difference resonate throughout, underscoring the idea that while people and worlds may vary, shared experiences and values create common ground. Time-traveling fans will devour this humorous tale that shows how humans are all connected.”

Description

Piper’s life has always been unusual: her parents are clockmakers whose inventions tend to blow up, and she’s the only kid she knows with a robotic talking dog. One morning her life takes a turn for the truly bizarre–her parents start to act stranger than usual, and she finds a book full of equations that even a math whiz like herself can’t decipher.

Meanwhile, Raisa and her best friend Lev travel through a portal to Piper’s world so that Raisa can prove that her mother’s multiverse project works. Now, she just needs the book containing her mother’s instructions to get back to her world…if only she can find it! Raisa and Piper join forces for an adventure that takes them across the multiverse, but they’ll need to discover their place in the world if they ever want to find their way back home.

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