It's Countdown, by Ben Mikaelsen! I also read it as a kid and my google-fu was failing me. Had to ask my mother - long-time public school librarian - if she rem

It's Countdown, by Ben Mikaelsen! I also read it as a kid and my google-fu was failing me. Had to ask my mother - long-time public school librarian - if she remembered the title (of course she did!) A fun book. I'll have to see if the local library has it for e-book loan. I hope it stands up to my childhood memories of it.