{"product_id":"space-runners-3-the-cosmic-alliance-isbn-9780062446039","title":"Space Runners #3: The Cosmic Alliance","description":"\u003cp\u003eStar Wars meets Ridley Pearson’s Kingdom Keepers in this high-stakes intergalactic adventure!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cosmic Alliance is the third installment in an action-packed series for tweens that’s perfect for fans of Eoin Colfer and Lisa McMann and that Soman Chainani called “a blockbuster mix of thrills and adrenaline.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenny Love’s trip to the moon wasn’t supposed to include the start of a war between humans and the Alpha Maraudi, a group of aliens determined to take over Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Benny and his friends get to know a peaceful Alpha Maraudi general and her crew, Benny can’t imagine letting the war continue—he’ll need to help bring the conflict to a peaceful resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut neither group’s leaders are interested in talking, and Benny knows that both sides are developing powerful superweapons. 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