MAXINE STARR: LAST VANGUARD OF THE ZODIAC – Kane Wheatley-Holder (Launch Pad)
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| Title: | MAXINE STARR: LAST VANGUARD OF THE ZODIAC |
| Logline: | After moving to Singapore following her father’s death, a teenage girl gets kidnapped by aliens and brought to an elite military academy in space. Upon discovering that her father founded the school years earlier, she unravels a web of secrets and gets dragged into an intergalactic conflict. |
| Pitch: | TOMORROWLAND meets HARRY POTTER |
| Writer: | Kane Wheatley-Holder |
| Genre: | Sci-Fi | Young Adult |
| Why to Read: | A manuscript that’s not afraid to tackle a lot of themes, this is chockfull of a plethora of original, fun ideas – such as how zodiac signs are anthropomorphized as various alien races. The protagonist is an intriguing and strong female lead, with a relatable multicultural background and her struggles to adapt to a new home, both of which are drawn directly from the author’s own childhood experience, so the lead feels genuine and grounded, even in such a high concept sci-fi world. Her world is deeply explored and visualized, and it jumps off the page, immersing the reader from page one. |
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