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The Sonderberg family doesn’t know it yet, but this isn’t going to be any ordinary road trip. A quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a trip into an alternate reality when they pick up an unassuming hitchhiker. It turns out the family has just given a ride to an alien who has the fate of the universe resting on her shoulders. Now the Sonderberg family must fight evil alongside their new alien friend in a desperate attempt to save the world they love. The race against time and the vastness of space threaten to engulf everyone in this thrilling adventure.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Alan Dean Foster
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