Crashers - Roxbury Reader Author:Rod Barr New Series! Planetfall and Half-Life mark the debut of Crashers, a futuristic series of interlinked novels about an enduring, ultimately unbreakable friendship between the two most unlikely kids in the universe. Fourteen-year-old Lela is a child of privilege who is just beginning to question the world around her. The daughter of planet Haven's m... more »ost powerful general. Lela is skeptical about her father's--and the government's--treatment of "Crashers," those pathetic aliens who come from all over the galaxy to "crash"-land on Haven in search of a better life. Eli is a Crasher, a thirteen-year-old Earthling who leaves behind a deteriorating planet in hopes of starting a new life on Haven. What Eli doesn't know, however, is that the authorities on Haven forbid outsiders from entering their perfect world, and that the penalty for trying can be fatal. Thrown together by fate, Lela and Eli are at the center of a thrilling saga of courage and friendship. This is a series that doesn't shy away from themes of prejudice and fear--even hatred--but ultimately shows the triumph of our common humanity.« less