Book details
Annette Curtis Klause - Author
This is a space-set mystery about an uneasy journey, a missing cultural symbol and two young travellers who try to help one another get home.
Puck, expelled from boarding school on Earth, is on her way to stay with her parents on the planet Shoon. On board the spaceship she befriends Hush, a native Shoowa who is also returning home in shame. He is desperately seeking a stolen treasure that was entrusted to him, a symbol of freedom for his people. Puck and Hush must find the precious Soo before they reach Shoon. But who can they trust? And how will they save their own skins as they hurtle through space on a ship haunted by terrifying ghosts?
Book Analysis
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Sign in for personalised guidanceHow the book presents it: Puck's decision to help despite danger presents their alliance as an important part of the story.
Talk about: What do Puck and Hush come to understand about one another as they work together?
How the book presents it: The story's stated structure links the search to a deadline and multiple dangers, creating a suspense-driven mystery.
Talk about: How does the approaching arrival shape the choices the characters make?
The story brings together a human and an alien character, with both facing trouble and a difficult return journey. Their partnership is central to solving the mystery.
The mystery includes danger from people on the ship and ghosts, and Puck’s life is said to be at risk.
What does Hush’s lost symbol mean to him and his people, and if the search becomes dangerous, how do Puck and Hush decide what to do?
Try reading a few chapters together first, then check whether the shipboard suspense and ghost elements feel enjoyable or unsettling. You can continue independently or together according to preference.
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Alien Secrets - Annette Curtis Klause - Google Books
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Checked: 1 October 2026.
Relevant to: A cross-species alliance; A fast-moving mystery
Alien secrets by Annette Curtis Klause | Open Library
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Checked: 1 October 2026.
Relevant to: A cross-species alliance
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