The Trip to the Moon

The adventures of the time-travelling Butterfly Club continue . . .
Film is set to become the new craze. Butterfly Club member and filmmaker Georges Méliès pleads to be allowed to go forward in time to harvest a movie camera from the future to make his ambitious film, A Trip to the Moon.
The Butterfly Club call up Professor Lorenz's hologram from 1969. The professor reports that all of America is abuzz too, with the most ambitious scientific project in history - an actual trip to the moon. But the mission has stalled in the most terrible way - an accident on the launchpad resulted in the astronauts being trapped in a fatal fire.
For the first time ever it is the professor who asks the time thieves for help - he invites them to come to 1969 and stop the dreadful accident, and make sure the trip to the moon can go ahead.

About the author

M.A. Bennett was born in the north of England to an English mother and a Venetian father. She loved history so much she studied it at four different universities. She also studied art and worked as an illustrator, an actress and a film reviewer. Now she has her dream job of being a writer and her books have been translated into more than 20 languages. She lives in London - the home of Greenwich Meantime - with one husband, two children and three cats.

Summary

The adventures of the time-travelling Butterfly Club continue . . .

Film is set to become the new craze. Butterfly Club member and filmmaker Georges Méliès pleads to be allowed to go forward in time to harvest a movie camera from the future to make his ambitious film, A Trip to the Moon.

The Butterfly Club call up Professor Lorenz's hologram from 1969. The professor reports that all of America is abuzz too, with the most ambitious scientific project in history – an actual trip to the moon. But the mission has stalled in the most terrible way – an accident on the launchpad resulted in the astronauts being trapped in a fatal fire.

For the first time ever it is the professor who asks the time thieves for help – he invites them to come to 1969 and stop the dreadful accident, and make sure the trip to the moon can go ahead.

Foreword

The adventures of the time-travelling Butterfly Club continue. Professor Lorenz invites the children to come to 1969 and stop a dreadful accident in order to make sure the trip to the moon can go ahead.

Product details

• Authors: M A Bennett, M. A Bennett, M. A. Bennett, M.A. Bennett
• Publisher: Welbeck
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 10
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.10.2023
• EAN: 9781801300438
• ISBN: 978-1-80130-043-8
• Series: The Butterfly Club
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Exploration & Discovery, Science fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, c 1960 to c 1969, JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Interest age: from c 10 years, JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel, c 1890 to c 1899, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel, JUVENILE FICTION / Places / United States