Space station duty can be boring - but when a direct hit causes the air supply to fail, Chris and Rob are far from bored. Ground control has been hit by a hurricane so there's no help on the way from Earth, and they have just 12 hours to try to save themselves...

This book is part of Slipstream LEVEL 2. The 350-word text is levelled for readers with a reading age of 7-9, but its engaging content makes it perfect for a wide range of older readers too.

All texts are levelled by reading experts Dee Reid and Diana Bentley.

This book is part of a book series called Edge-Slipstream Short Fiction Level 2 .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

Martin Davies, Helen Bird, David Orme, Maureen Lewis and Gareth Price Helen Orme is the author of more than 40 children's books and runs fiction and nonfiction workshops for children.