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Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House)
Title: Life on the Moon
Author: Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr
On Sale Date: April 14, 2026
ISBN 13: 9780593704721
Format: Hardcover
Retail Price: $17.99
Page Count: 320
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Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr are the husband-and-wife author/illustrator team behind the Cookie Chronicles, The Real McCoys, and Babies Ruin Everything. They live and work in Chestertown, Maryland.
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A comical, fast-paced illustrated middle-grade novel with real emotional stakes underneath the adventure.
Black-and-white illustrations throughout that bring the Moon colony’s strange life forms to life.
A father-son mystery wrapped in a first-contact story with a genuine mystery to solve.
From the husband-and-wife author/illustrator team behind the Cookie Chronicles series.
This book is for you if
You want a fast-paced middle-grade adventure with a real mystery at its core.
You’re drawn to illustrated novels that use art alongside the text.
You appreciate stories about a kid uncovering a cover-up that adults insist isn’t real.
You’re a fan of Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr’s Cookie Chronicles series.
You want science fiction with a strong father-son relationship at its heart.
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