The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian #1 The Fuzzy Apocalypse

Ages 6 to 10, Grades 1 to 5

Finn Caspian, his robot, Foggy, and Explorer Troop 301 save an exploding planet from a fluffy bunny and a mind-controlling alien in the first book of this heavily illustrated chapter book series based on the award-winning kids’ podcast with 30,000 monthly listeners.

Finn Caspian was the first kid born in space. He’s spent his whole life on the Marlowe space station where he lives. As the Chief Detective of Explorers Troop 301, eight-year-old Finn has seen aliens as big as planets, aliens with two heads, and even aliens made of lava. Just to name a few. But he's never been kidnapped by aliens who can control minds. Or caught a bunny rabbit stealing his spaceship. Or tried to stop a planet from exploding with only an explorer pod, his three best friends, and one adventure-loving robot. Until today, that is!Blast off into an out-of-this-solar-system adventure in this exciting new series based on the award-winning podcast by Jonathan Messinger!

About the Author

Jonathan Messinger is an award-winning author and journalist and the creator of The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian podcast and cofounder of Gen-Z Media, a company devoted to producing high-quality podcasts for kids. He was a founding editor of Time Out Chicago, where he edited its books section, and then went on to be the web editor for Time Out Chicago Kids. He has been named one of the Top 50 literary figures in Chicago five times by Newcity and was named one of Chicago’s “Top 30 under 30” by UR Chicago. His book of stories, Hiding Out, was named a Best Book of the Year by the Omaha World-Herald, and was an Alex Awards nominee. He currently serves as executive producer of Gen-Z Media and lives in Chicago with his wife and two sons.

Aleksei Bitskoff is an Estonian-born character designer, illustrator, and animator who studied illustration at London College of Communication and then earned a master of arts degree in illustration from Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London.