• v. to unit persons or groups• n. a country, person, or group

joined for a purpose• Malcolm’s story is about teenagers

who ally, or unite, themselves in an effort to find peace.

• v. to turn away; to keep from happening

• The teenagers hope to avert further destruction on both their planets by ending the way

•Vocabulary

Avert

Ally

• n. the inevitable order of events; fate

• The adults on their planet think it is their destiny to fight. They believe fate has decided that the two planets should be enemies.

• v. to put under a spell; to charm or captivate; to hold motionless

• The idea of peace continues to fascinate the teenagers, but the adults are not interested.

•Vocabulary

Fascinate

Destiny

• n. a person who flees or has fled

• Adj. fleeing from danger or justice

• Phoebe, one of the teenagers became a fugitive. She

ran from her own people.

• n. movement of part of the body to express

something; something said or done as a formality

• V. to express an idea or emotion with movement

• She fled to the enemy planet, but her gestures – the

motions with her hands while talking- show that she

is not on of them.

•Vocabulary

Gesture

Fugitive

• Adj. giving light; glowing in the dark; easily understood

• Her eyes are luminous; they glow in the dark, so she stays hidden after twilight.

• V. to enter as an enemy; to intrude in

• People from the planet Argon decided to invade the planet Grimnan.

•Vocabulary

Invade

Luminous

• N. an offer; a show of willingness to deal; in introduction to an opera or other long musical work; an introductory section

• The teenagers overture of friendship was rejected; their offer was turned down.

• Adj. of stars; superior; leading.• The teenagers led a stellar

campaign for peace.

•Vocabulary

Stellar

Overture