Coming Down To Earth

Azalin's class go on a school trip to another planet.The planet Earth.Once on Earth, Azalin runs away.Her dream is to be a 'tronic when she grows up -- to be one of the special people who maintain the systems that keep the man-made planet of Newarth alive.But just before they left for Earth, she was told that Newarth already has all the 'tronics it needs. She will have to be a store-keeper instead. And she is to be 'sporting' about it.Azalin doesn't want to be a store-keeper. And she doesn't want to be sporting.So she runs away. She phones home to say that she'll come back when she's allowed to be a 'tronic.But life on Earth isn't as safe and ordered as life on Newarth.Alone on Earth, Azalin has no idea how much danger she's in.Especially when she wanders into the 'no-go' zone called 'The Rookery.'Even the Earth Police won't go there...Azalin comes down to Earth. But will she ever go back to home on Newarth?