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But Yin ignored them. Carefully, she looked around the room. It was a lab. White counters filled the room in neat rows. On top of them lay fancy-looking scientific equipment. A few chairs were knocked over, but other than that, everything seemed pretty normal. Then, something at the back caught Yin\u2019s attention. \u201cGuys, look at this,\u201d Yin said, heading farther inside.<\/p>\n

Sam and Priya slowly came into the lab. On the back counter were several plants. Bunches of long, thick stems rose out of large pots. Only the stems weren\u2019t green\u2014they were beige and light brown. It made the stems look more like chubby, handless arms. At the end of those arms grew thin vines that curled out like tiny snakes reaching for their prey.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the Star Cabbage,\u201d Yin whispered. This was the thing she\u2019d come all the way into space to see. She\u2019d nearly forgotten about it during the chaos of the lockdown. She smiled. The vines seemed to stretch toward her, almost as if they were happy to see her too. Impossible, thought Yin. Still, a shiver ran through her\u2014excitement and nervousness mixed together. She reached for one of the plants. \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d Sam said, grabbing Yin\u2019s hand. \u201cThat could be a monster!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be silly,\u201d Yin said. She pulled away. \u201cIt\u2019s a plant. How could it break through a solid metal door?\u201d \u201cWell, don\u2019t touch it anyway,\u201d Priya added. \u201cJust in case.\u201d But Yin knew it was harmless. As her friends turned away to search the lab, Yin couldn\u2019t help herself. She reached out again. The plant was cool and smooth. But when she stroked it, tiny red hairs began to grow all over the plant.<\/p>\n

One of the thin vines curled around her finger, gently. It tickled. \u201cOver here!\u201d Priya called. She was pointing to the floor on the other side of the lab. \u201cI found something.\u201d Yin turned, but the plant wouldn\u2019t let go of her finger. She tugged her hand away, and the vine broke off the plant.<\/p>\n

Oops! Yin glanced over at her friends to see if they\u2019d noticed. They were busy looking at what Priya had found. She peeled the vine off her finger.<\/p>\n

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When I look at the night sky, I wonder\u2014does scary stuff happen up there just as it does here on Earth? Sounds can\u2019t travel through outer space because there\u2019s no air. So if frightened people were out there, we\u2019d never even hear their screams. I wonder . . . In the not-too-distant future in Alien Lockdown, Yin and her classmates go on a field trip to an orbiting space station.<\/p>\n

The human scientists there are studying new alien life. Yin is excited, Sam is nervous, and Priya isn\u2019t sure what to expect. But once they\u2019re aboard, all three friends will feel the exact same thing\u2014terror! 1kitap1.com\/en 1 The space elevator lobby was packed. People were standing in long lines for tickets. Groups of tourists huddled together as they waited for their guides to lead the way to the pods.<\/p>\n

Yin Nova and her fifth-grade classmates, wearing matching school uniforms, sat against a wall. They watched returning passengers step out from the launch bays. Yin\u2019s legs couldn\u2019t stop bouncing up and down. She had been dreaming of this day for a long time. Her friend Sam was less excited. \u201cYou know it\u2019s Friday the thirteenth today, right?\u201d Sam moaned. \u201cIt\u2019s the unluckiest day of the year. And not a good day for a class field trip to space.\u201d Yin laughed. Her best friend could find the negative in any situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cLighten up, Sam!\u201d \u201cYeah, you know that\u2019s just a silly belief,\u201d said Priya, the third in their best friend trio. \u201cI know what will get you excited,\u201d Yin said, pulling Sam to her feet. Priya followed behind. Yin led her friends to a display of giant photos on the opposite wall of the lobby. When the three came to a stop, the photos began to shimmer and grow.<\/p>\n

The images turned into 3-D holograms. Yin pointed to one. \u201cLook at it. International Space Station Three,\u201d she said. The station was built like a long stick with seven rings balancing along its length. \u201cThe ISS 3 is bigger than the two older space stations put together,\u201d Yin continued. \u201cAnd today, we get to go aboard the real thing.\u201d \u201cYeah, the museum we\u2019re going to is right here,\u201d Priya added.<\/p>\n

She pointed to the third ring. \u201cIt has the largest collection of space artifacts in the world.\u201d \u201cYou mean space junk,\u201d Sam said, frowning. \u201cThey just collect the stuff our ancestors threw away in space and call it artifacts.\u201d \u201cMaybe. But we don\u2019t care about that,\u201d Yin said. She touched the hologram and focused in on one room in the museum.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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