Escape From Jupiter

Kumiko, a young computer whiz, is mortified when her planned holiday on Earth is postponed, after her parents are urgently summoned to the mining colony on Jupiter's moon, Io, to assess a new drilling program.

The colony on Io is thrown into chaos, as lava flows explode through the mining tunnels and the colony is hit by fierce Earth tremors, destroying many of the life support domes.

While the adults assess the damage to the colony and stabilize the remaining life-support domes, the children rescue their precious belongings and assist with salvage operations. For the moment, it appears that they are safe.

As the colonists frantically prepare to evacuate to KL5, and while in the care of Kumiko, Anna and Kingston decide to sneak off into restricted quarters. It is their intention to retrieve their precious personal belongings - Anna's toy dinosaur, Ronald, and Kingston's remote controlled ZIT.

The colonists are safe on board the derelict space station and begin the difficult task of ensuring life-support systems are fully functional. Kingston, the tunnel rat, is quick to explore his new home, while old rivalries begin to emerge between Michael and Gerard, as Michael is put in charge of rejuvenating the all-important and life-sustaining hydroponics laboratory.

As KL5 continues toward Earth, Kingston is flabbergasted when his mother and his friends commit a gross oversight. It is a special day, and everyone seems to have forgotten. But his mother, Helen, the senior medical officer, is distracted from Kingston's attention-seeking exploits, when Gerard's father, Karl, is injured while working in one of the machinery bays.