High Flyers Graphic Readers

Plot Summary

With the exception of the 1st Reader, all graphic readers follow Doctor Lunar and the
Moon Crew on a series of adventures

The Readers back-story

On his way out the door to school, a young boy named

Roddy finds a strange package in the doorway of his
family's New York City apartment. Unbeknownst to
him, three other children in different corners of the
globe-Kai in Shanghai, Lilly in Moscow, and Ruby in
Jakarta-also discover similar packages resting at their
doorsteps on the very same morning. Upon opening
the packages, the children find identical wristwatches
with instructions to say a specific word into the watch
at a predetermined time. While the watches are the same, the word each child is
instructed to utter varies. Roddy is directed to say “Doc, Kai says “Tor”, Lily Says “Lu”,
and Ruby says “Nar”. At the designated time, the children follow the instructions and
are suddenly transported to a secret laboratory located in the center of the Moon.
There they meet a strange, alien scientist named Doctor Lunar. He explains to the
started students that he keeps the world safe by monitoring the universe for trouble.
Dr. Lunar introduces the children to his robot assistant, Prog, and his faithful dog Zpot.
While both characters aid the good doctor in his mission, the time has come for him to
enlist additional help. Dr. Lunar explains that he used his technology to find the four
most trustworthy humans on earth. The result of that search yielded Roddy, Kai, Lily and
Ruby-the Moon Crew.

Readers One and Two

Title: Doctor Lunar and the Moon Crew

In this first story, the Moon Crew must stop the dreaded Star Shark. This massive
creature, half shark/half spaceship, travels from solar system to solar system feeding on
the moons it finds. Dr. Lunar provides the children with rocket suits and sends them into
space to place a magnetic plate on the Start Shark. Once on the beast, the moon Crew is
suddenly attacked by space fish. A struggle ensures during which Lily's rocket suit is
damaged. The other members of the Moon Crew come to her aid and prevent Lily from
falling into the great Star Shark's mouth. After saving Lily, the crew successfully attaches
the plate to the shark. Then they split into two pairs-Lily and Roddy, Kai and Ruby. With
the help of Dr. Lunar, the pairs move to opposing asteroids and plant poles in the solids.
Dr. Lunar flips a switch, which causes a giant net of energy to flow between the poles. As
Star Shark moves into the energy net, the magnetic plate on its back sticks to the net.
The trapped creature is then dragged out of our solar system as the asteroids continue
their cosmic journey through space.

Readers Three and Four

Title: “Attack of the Ants”

As the story opens, Roddy is enjoying a picnic in the park with his family. He decides to
explore the park and finds an anthill teeming with ants. Within seconds, the ants follow
him upward. Roddy uses his high tech wristband to contact his good friends-the other
Moon Crew kids. He discovers that hundreds of ants are attacking each member of the
Moon Crew at various locations on Earth! The children decide it's time to call on "Doctor
Lunar" and are instantly transported to inside the Moon. When children are safely inside
his laboratory, Doctor Lunar turns on his Moonputer. He discovers that Earth is indeed
being overrun by ants under the direction of a tiny space criminal named Bug Mug
McGrub!! In an effort to stop Bug Mug McGrub, Doctor Lunar shrinks the Moon Crew to
ant-sized beings. In their new size, the children speed back towards Earth to take on Bug
Mug McGrub. As the children move through the atmosphere, they must first escape
hungry birds that view them as food. When the Moon Crew finally reaches Earth, they
search for McGrub's anthill where they are taken prisoners by an army of ants. Haven
been captured by Bug McGrub's ant army, The Moon Crew is taken deep inside the
anthill and made to work.

Reader Five and Six

Title: “Moonwalking the Dog”

As the story opens, Roddy is out walking his dog, Rufus. His wristband suddenly rings
signaling a call from Dr. Lunar who is in his Moon lab. Roddy soon discovers that Kai,
Lily, and Ruby are also on this cosmic conference call. Like Roddy, they were also having
fun with their pets when their wristbands went off. Dr. Lunar tells the Moon Crew that
he is sick with the Blue Moon flu. He asks them to come to the moon to take care of his
dog, Zpot. He explains that he would ask his robot, Prog to care for the dog but he is
recharging his own batteries. The children agree to help Dr. Lunar. As they say the words
"Doc", "Tor", "Lu", and "Nar", they are beamed up to the Moon. The children
immediately take Zpot out for his daily walk on the Moon. Zpot leads the crew on a
crazy romp until they suddenly run into Dr. Lunar's mean brother, Professor Solar!
Professor Solar has come to the moon to steal his brother's dog. Upon seeing the Moon
Crew, he decides to take the dog and the Moon Crew! Professor Solar uses his sun-fire
powers to imprison the group in a glass bubble. Roddy manages to escape just as Solar
begins to move the bubble towards his home at the center of the Sun. Roddy makes his
way back to Doctor Lunar's lab. He arrives just as Professor Solar appears on the giant
Moonputer screen. Professor Solar shows his brother his hostages-The Moon Crew and
Zpot. Doctor Lunar begins to panic, but when an alarm beeps he calms down and begins
to form a plan. The beeping is Prog who is now all charged up and ready for action.

Readers Seven and Eight

Title: “Kongo Pwango”

While outdoors playing with his dog, Rufus, Roddy notices the moon has turned bright
green. He uses his wristband to check in with the other Moon Crew members. While
their locations on Earth differ, their observations of the Moon are the same-a bright
green circle in the sky. The children use their wristbands to visit Doctor Lunar and find
out what has happened to his homeland. Upon arrival at Doctor Lunar's laboratory, they
discover that it-as well as the entire surface of the Moon-is covered in green slime.
Doctor Lunar tells the crew that the green slime is actually space algae. He explains that
the algae will be destroyed only if it is exposed to the blue light given off by a rare
crystal-the Deep Sea Moon Stone! Unfortunately, the Moon Stone lies deep within a
cave ruled by a monster shrimp named Kongo Prawngo. In order to rid the Moon of its
algae covering, the children travel to the cave to find the Moon Stone. They soon come
face to face with the monster shrimp. After a brief fight, Kongo Prawngo captures Roddy
in his giant claw and carries the boy deep into his cave. Doctor Lunar contacts Roddy
(using the last bit of his lab not covered with green slime). He
tells Roddy that the Moon Stone is nearby and then directs the
boy to push a button on his wristband to activate a scanner
leading him to the stone. Roddy follows Doctor Lunar's directions
and finds the Moon Stone with the aid of the scanner. However,
as he tries to retrieve the stone, Roddy disturbs another monster
living in the cave. When Kongo Prawngo and the creature engage
in battle, the Moon Crew suddenly appear in the cave. They grab
Roddy-who is holding the Moon stone in his hand-and race to the
Cave's giant front door. With Kongo Prawngo fast approaching,
the Moon Crew runs through the door and hops into a waiting
escape vehicle.