He’s the only one who can fix the splintered sphere in the sky. But first he’ll have to discover the hero inside himself…“The writing style uses energetic language that suits middle-grade readers perfectly, while keeping the science fiction ideas understandable through Ri’s perspective...

His teachers might be aliens. Something impossible is reaching him from another universe. And Ri is starting to wonder if he’s completely losing his mind. Thirteen-year-old Rieden Reece thought surviving a broken moon was complicated. Then an alien sunflower spits out a mysterious space watch—and suddenly Ri finds himself connected to something that shouldn’t exist.

Someone he cares about has seven days left to live. Can a thirteen-year-old survive an impossible universe long enough to save them? Rieden Reece is running out of time. Desperate to save someone close to him from a mysterious fate, the anxious teen searches for answers before the clock runs out. But before Ri can figure out how to put things right, a mysterious hand yanks him through a portal and drops him into a strange world made entirely of candy.

Rieden Reece feels the weight of the world on his shoulders. Doing community service in the park for stealing electronics in a lifesaving mission, the dejected juvenile delinquent is still battling a strange alien foe intent on his destruction. But when he sees his best friend disappear into a puddle on the ground, the thirteen-year-old leaps into the unknown hole in a daring rescue attempt.

Rieden Reece is anxious and angry. With all the grown-ups out of commission, the worried teen is working with his best pal to control the mobs of upset children. And after an electric girl shows up out of nowhere, he, his buddies, and three of the worst bullies ever follow her cryptic clues into a bizarre alien tavern full of danger.

Rieden Reece wishes the universe would cut him some slack. Suffering from unrelenting headaches after his last adventure, the teen can’t shake the feeling that the answers are stashed inside his body. So when his shadow turns sentient, the curious 13-year-old tails it to a nightmarish mansion… and discovers a hidden alien AI network. Hooking up to tech that claims it will bring endless harmony, Rieden struggles to adjust to the bossy new voice in his brain. And as he delves into the mind-melding supercomputer's motives, the snarky teenager suspects one wrong move could doom planet Earth.