The Jupiter Chronicles: The Secret of the Great Red Spot

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The Jupiter Chronicles: The Secret of the Great Red Spot by Leonardo Ramirez is science fiction book full of adventures that introduce children and other readers to the Jovian world.  This book tells a story that takes place in 1862 about two boys who enters the cities of Jupiter by way of a telescope. On this adventure they rescue their father who have been missing and they helped freed the Jovians. This book also is the first book of a Steampunk Series: A great war has been fought and lost by the Jovians.  

 

 

The Jupiter Chronicles: The Secret of the Great Red Spot is a great book for children to read because it encourages children to use their imagination and promotes creative writing and artistic work. Although, I'm a huge fan of The Lords of the Ring among other series which is more of a fantasy than a science fiction I did enjoy reading this book because it was interesting throughout.

Illustrations of the front cover was provided by PoochieMars.  The media technique used was oil painting with representational style of art.

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Activities and Response Questions:

1. Have class to define Science fiction in their own word and provide an example of another science fiction book.
2. Have the class to predict the happenings in the next book of the series and write a brief essay about their predictions.
3. Create a profile on the main characters using the information given in the story.

Reference:

1. Ramirez, L.  (2012). The Jupiter Chronicles: The Secret of the Great Red Spot. (self published):Leonardoverse