59 pages • 1 hour read
Stuart GibbsSpace Case
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapters 15-16Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 15 Summary: “Impossible Travel”
“Assembly”
An excerpt from the NASA handbook explains that assemblies are a required aspect of life on Moon Base Alpha.
“Lunar Day 189, Afternoon”
At the mandatory memorial service for Dr. Holtz, the speeches go on and on. Dash is bored, and when Kira tells him she wants to talk about “something about Dr. Holtz” (243), he is intrigued. They quietly whisper to the side as Kira reveals that “there’s no record of Dr. Holtz making a call” (244) the night that he was murdered. They wonder if Nina had deleted the records, and they begin making a plan to find Holtz’s missing phone. Roddy has been watching them, and, after a short argument about space travel with Kira, he invites himself on their plan. Before they decide to leave, they realize that Daphne is absent from the assembly; suspicious, they decide to figure out where she is.
Chapter 16 Summary: “Skullduggery”
“Vigilance”
The residents’ guide describes how important it is to remain vigilant on the base, in order to keep everyone safe.
“Lunar Day 189, Afternoon”
Kira, Dash, and Roddy leave the memorial service to try to see what Daphne is up to. They find her “typing frantically, bringing up page after page of information” (254) on the administrative office computers.
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