Over the past month I’ve mentioned a new science-oriented young adult project Rebecca and I are developing along with the Challenger Learning Centers.  Here is our more detailed announcement:

June Scobee Rodgers Presents

Star Challengers

by Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson

A series of science fiction adventures for young readers (10–14) to promote interest in science education and to emphasize the importance of the space program

The challenge is to get kids interested in science.

The challenge is to make them think of innovation and the future.

The challenge is to foster a generation of forward-thinkers who will choose careers in science and technology.

Star Challengers

A bold new series of novels—science fiction with real science—targeted at readers 10–14 years old, hungry for adventure and substance.

The Challenger Centers for Space Science Education have teamed up with award-winning, international bestselling authors Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson to create this series of adventures.

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Five students are chosen to attend a “special” event at a nearby Challenger Center run by the mysterious Commander Zota. Little do they know, though, that they are about to be swept up in a wild adventure that will take them across time and space—for Zota is from the future . . . a bleak, desperate future where Earth faces a terrible crisis, but without any innovators to solve it. Zota’s mission is to go back in time and help create a generation that will be prepared for the challenges the future holds.

Star Challengers

The Challenger Center for Space Science Education reaches more than 400,000 students and 40,000 teachers per year with educational experiences that transform lives and enrich our nation’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. With 46 Challenger Learning Centers (and an ex officio center on the International Space Station!), and a wide range of educational services, including our signature spaceflight simulations, the Challenger Centers have become a powerful force for change in our nation’s education.

Millions of readers worldwide are familiar with Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson from their award-winning and New York Times bestselling Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights series, their work on Star Trek, and their original Crystal Doors series. Rebecca Moesta has written novels based on Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and the animated film Titan AE. Kevin J. Anderson has written for Star Wars, X-Files, the phenomenally successful new Dune novels with Brian Herbert, and his own original series The Saga of Seven Suns and Terra Incognita. Together, they have sold over 20 million copies around the world in more than 30 languages.

These novels will be rollicking SF adventures, but they also drive home the message that educational interests and career choices students make now have an enormous impact on the future … and may even save the world.