Star Breakers
Part of the collectionStar Breakers→Best for 9-12s who love loud, funny space adventures with treasure, monsters and a misfit crew, in the vein of Amulet.
- Books1
- Arcs1
- Span2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
When thirteen-year-old Zeke Zero 'borrows' the wrong priceless star map, he finds himself press-ganged into a shoddy crew of Star Breakers, brave (read: foolish) souls who comb dying worlds for treasure. Their first job, retrieving an ancient god's eyeball, goes sideways when the villainous Grizelda 'Princess' Grim wants it too, and Zeke, the grouchy Captain Tooms and the mysterious Astrid of Elsewhere are soon dodging monsters and mayhem in a race that could decide the fate of the universe. Ed Caruana and Chris Hazeldine launch the series with the swagger of Guardians of the Galaxy and Indiana Jones' treasure-hunting thrills, wrapping loud, funny, fast-moving action around a boy who has never belonged anywhere finding a crew of his own.
Best for 9-12s who love loud, funny space adventures with treasure, monsters and a misfit crew, in the vein of Amulet.
The series opens with Zeke Zero Vs The Galaxy; read from the first volume, as it launches an ongoing story and crew.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- INarrative arcLow sensitivity
Zeke Zero and the Star Breakers crew
Zeke is press-ganged into a treasure-hunting crew and their first job spirals into a race to save the universe.
The launch arc introduces Zeke Zero, the ramshackle Star Breakers crew and the villain Grizelda 'Princess' Grim. A simple salvage job, retrieving an ancient god's eyeball, snowballs into a galaxy-spanning chase that uncovers a secret threatening the whole universe, while a boy who was traded away as a baby starts to find a place among the crew. It opens an ongoing story, so it reads as the first chapter of a larger adventure rather than a closed tale.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 9–12
- Read aloud · 8–11
- Independent · 9–12
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Patchy
Adult crossover
Low
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
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