"The Barnetts are a contemporary clan: Mr. Barnett is Anglo; Mrs. Barnett (the former Bianca Barcelona) is Latina; Boon's teenage brother, Taji, is adopted from Kenya; and Boon himself is a one-of-a-kind. Also moving to the moon is Boon's crabby partner-in-crime: José Ignacio, a seven-foot-tall, old-school robot. In reality, José Ignacio is a twelve-inch toy; but in Boon's fantasy life, the robot is one half of a danger-seeking, dimension-hopping...