Hazel
Hazel, her brother Richie and her best friend Dmitri, seen from behind, look over a snowy alien valley toward a glowing village while rainbow light falls from the sky.

A middle-grade sci-fi series · Ages 7–14

The Galactic Adventures of Hazel

The year is 4519 AD. Hazel lives in a skytown high above the clouds, and the universe is about to get a lot bigger.

Meet the books

The Books

Start with Book 1 and follow Hazel, her little brother Richie and her best friend Dmitri across the galaxies.

Cover of Gurecoa, Book 1

Book 1

Gurecoa

The year is 4519 AD. Twelve-year-old Hazel lives in a skytown high above the clouds, where doorbells have personalities and a trip to Mars takes minutes.

But her life gets a lot stranger after she meets an old man with a very odd mustache, and a bracelet that seems to have chosen her.

When Grandma Jasmin is struck down by a mysterious burst of energy from an unexplored corner of the universe, the doctors can keep her alive for only five days. With no time to lose, Hazel, her little brother Richie, and her best friend Dmitri set off on a journey across galaxies, joined by a 5,000-year-old explorer from another dimension and one very talkative doorbell.

Their search leads them to Drethna, a world ruled by a tyrant named Fear. To save Grandma, Hazel will have to discover what it truly means to wield Gurecoa.

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Cover of The Rogue Planet, Book 2

Book 2

The Rogue Planet

A school trip to another star system. A planet no one is supposed to know about.

Thirteen-year-old Hazel can’t wait for her class immersion program in the Ptorysium Star System, home to an ocean world, a desert world, and two rival groups of people.

But when a wrong turn sends Hazel, her brother Richie, and her best friend Dmitri through a hidden portal, they meet a family who needs their help, a sneaky polka-dotted thief, and a giant sea bird with a very good memory. Add two cousins who love chaos, a pet who won’t stay home, and an AI friend named i²=‑1, and the trip is anything but ordinary.

Now Hazel must race across planets and into the Moving Hamlet to set things right before it’s too late.

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For readers 7–14

Lighthearted space adventure for independent readers and family read-alouds.

Read in order

Each book is a full adventure. The series is best enjoyed from Book 1.

Three formats

Kindle (free with Kindle Unlimited), paperback and hardcover.

Starlight, author of The Galactic Adventures of Hazel

Starlight has been fascinated by space and the unknown ever since she was a child, and that curiosity became the spark for The Galactic Adventures of Hazel. Through this series, she hopes to take young readers on imaginative journeys to the far-flung nooks and crannies of the universe.

She often wonders what life will be like centuries from now: towns suspended high in the sky, weekend trips to the moons of Saturn, friendships with beings from distant galaxies, and perhaps even AIs with personalities. Hazel’s world is her glimpse of that future.

When she isn’t exploring distant galaxies on the page, Starlight explores technology.