This book captures the imagination of readers at all levels. It depicts wonderful word choice, and can be described as one of those books you just can't put down.

Two students choose to skip the end-of-the-year school picnic, and take a trip by themselves into outerspace looking for rare stones. They are kidnapped by aliens and taken to a planet which is not part of their own friendly galaxy. The kids survive a "circus," an alien version of the ancient Roman Gladiators. Afterwards they are sent to the emporer who then dresses them up like monkeys to infiltrate an enemy planet and rescue his daughter. You'll have to read it to find out how they get back to Earth.

This book is very hard to find, but it is worth the search!