

Tomoko Hayakawa
Hayakawa is the author of the Wallflower series.

“OK SPACE MONKEYS!” you yell as you cock your Blaster. “TIME TO GO TO THAT GREAT SPACE BANANA TREE IN THE SKY!!” You point your Blaster, aim it for the chattering mass of Space Monkeys hidden behind the haze, squeeze the trigger…and nothing. You forgot to turn the safety off!
Suddenly, a volley of laser fire comes at you through the haze. As you dematerialize into sub atomic particles, you think that although you made a good cook, you made a pretty lousy space soldier…..