astronaut astronaut SUZY ORBIT, SUZY ORBIT,
To Bea, Rosie and Maria — superstar nieces xx R.Q.
To A.C. and C.M. J.T.
First published 2019 by Nosy Crow Ltd
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astronaut astronaut SUZY ORBIT, SUZY ORBIT,
Suzy Orbit was a space engineer.
She lived with her boss, Captain Gizmo, in a space station on a dusty corner of the moon.
One starry morning, Suzy Orbit was busy fixing the control system when . . .
BEEP! BEEP! Captain Gizmo received a phone call from Earth.
“Alienshavebeenspotted inthesolarsystem.Preparetolaunchyourspacepod IMMEDIATELY!”
Captain Gizmo turned pale. “Do we have a space pod?” he asked.