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Cast members from the first episode of Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left: Silvia Seidel (Dovis), Jeffrey Walker (Qwrk), Lauren Hewett (X), and Jan Friedl (Mother) (screen cap)
form y separately published work icon Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left single work   film/TV   young adult   science fiction  
Adaptation of Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Robin Klein , 1985 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
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On the cold and inhospitable planet of Zyrgon in a galaxy light years away, X's father wins the state lottery for the 27th time in a row. Knowing he will now be severely punished, twelve-year-old X is determined to save her family from jail, and decides to buy a spaceship. The whole family then set off into space, head halfway across the galaxy, and turn left. They land on an even stranger planet: Earth.

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