Product Description
Beamer, age 13, who speaks only Californian, is an alien in the world of Middle America, exiled to a bizarre, ancient house on a mysterious street that may or may not exist on any map. With the help of a nerdy African-American kid named Ghoulie, a gangly tomboy named Scilla, and a miraculous, broken-down tree house shaped like a spaceship, he battles the indigenous life forms in his new home, from bullying creatures to the strange inhabitants of dark castles, subterranean caverns, and a spider web the size of a house, to discover how God gives a distinctive purpose to each uniquely designed human being.
From the Back Cover
Know Your Star-Fighters
Beamer: California transplant to a weird Midwestern town. Feels like he’s living on another planet. Scilla: the gangly tomboy next door. Ghoulie: the class nerd.
Add one spaceship-shaped tree house capable of taking them most anywhere in the universe. Hop in and blast off for fantastic outer space adventures in Star-Fighters of Murphy Street-the quirky, funny, fast-paced new trilogy by Robert West.
Newly arrived from California, thirteen-year-old Beamer MacIntyre feels like an alien in this bizarre Midwestern town. Strangest of all is the spaceship-shaped tree house in his yard. Surprises await Beamer and his two new friends, Ghoulie and Scilla, when they climb inside and blast off to a universe full of adventure-including a surefire way to make the school bully stop harassing Ghoulie (provided it doesn’t backfire!).
Sally’s Review: 
This book seems perfect for boys and girls in grades 3-5. I found it interesting because the family moved from California to the midwest and five years ago I moved from the midwest to California! The book is full of adventure and imagination! There are three books in the series (The Star-Fighters of Murphy Street). The book deals with making friends in a new place and getting along with different types of people. A good imagination can make things bearable in difficult and new circumstances.
Published by: Zondervan
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July 30th, 2008 at 5:29 am
Zondervan Books is headquartered in my home town of Grand Rapids, MI. I wonder if Grand Rapids was the weird Midwestern town.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:32 am
I love the line…”only speaks Californian”. I moved to CA …like 20 years ago…dude and its like been like totally sweet to live here…but, like speaking Californian, is like so hard, ya know wha Ah’m sayin?
August 3rd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
That’s funny about Grand Rapids! I lived there for a while. I wonder if you’re right….
August 6th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I’ve never been to the mid-west, but been to californication plenty of times! Sounds like a fun read to also introduce and learn about US geography.
August 12th, 2008 at 2:08 am
Really sounds interesting!i love reading books with my kids..i think my daughter will love the story.i’ll check this out.:) found something like this here..
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