Oakhaven Junior Detectives and the Falling Star

A DEAD SATELLITE IS FALLING FROM SPACE. THREE KIDS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO KNOW WHERE IT WILL LAND. Fourteen-year-old Sam hacks a signal from a satellite that should be dead. It's not. NOAA-19 is screaming through the atmosphere at 28,000 km/h—and it's aimed straight at Oakhaven Valley. The government doesn't know. The military can't stop it. But Sam, Mia, and Jake have 36 hours to crack the code before impact. What they uncover is worse than a crash. It's a heist. A rogue DARPA scientist. A prototype battery worth trillions. And a dead satellite turned into a weapon. Armed with homemade antennas, orbital physics, and raw courage, these middle school detectives must outsmart a man who'll kill to get the payload back. Can they triangulate the crash site, survive a toxic swamp, and stop a genius before time runs out? STEM THAT FEELS LIKE ACTION — Not a textbook. Real orbital mechanics, real rocket science, real hydrazine hazards. You'll learn without realizing it. A RACE AGAINST GRAVITY — 36 hours. One falling satellite. Impossible odds. The clock never stops ticking. SMART KIDS, REAL DANGER — No magic. No superpowers. Just brains, teamwork, and science against a ruthless enemy. TURN RELUCTANT READERS INTO DETECTIVES — Short chapters. Fast pacing. Every page ends with a cliffhanger. BONUS STEM FIELD GUIDE — Includes formulas, experiments, and a DIY Yagi antenna you can build at home. Perfect for fans of "City Spies" and "The Mysterious Benedict Society" — where smart kids save the world using nothing but science. Every kid has felt underestimated. This is the story where being smart is the ultimate weapon.