Missed Connection

JT, 13, on earth since her mother's death, is invited by her archeologist father to spend the summer on a distant planet. She misses the space bus and takes a cab, then crashes on a planet where magic works but machines don't. She must hike 1,200 kilometers to be rescued! Daariel, 14, a sorcerer's apprentice, hasn't completed his training—now his sorcerer has died! With no guidance, he ruins a farmer's crops and embarrasses a young girl. Learning of JT's crash landing, the town volunteers Daariel as a guide, ridding themselves of him. The trek takes several weeks, with the two facing multiple dangers. They are challenged by dragons and trolls and…each other. They argue, they fight, but they grow to like each other. Reaching the spaceport, Daariel sees JT off, both promising to write. Daariel apprentices to another sorcerer. JT reunites with her father. Will they ever meet again?