The True Meaning of Smekday - Film Tie-in to HOME, the Major Animation - Softcover

Adam Rex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408859130 ISBN 13: 9781408859131

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

This wonderfully wacky, epic extraterrestrial adventure, featuring the funniest aliens ever, is the book that inspired the major dreamworks animation, home description the glorious leader of the boovs, captain smek, has called for the invasion of earth. But the plan goes very wrong when a cute and cuddly – and utterly hopeless – boov makes a huge mistake. Now something much more dangerous is heading their way . . . Will human girl, tip, be able to save her home? the original and hilarious comic sci-fi adventure that inspired the major motion picture, home.

About this title

About the Author

Adam Rex quickly made a name for himself in the publishing world as a talented, very funny illustrator. His children's books includeThe Dirty Cowboyby Amy Timberlake,Ste-e-e-e-eamboat A-Comin'by Jill Esbaum, andSmall Beautiesby Elvira Woodruff. He wrote and illustratedTree Ring CircusandFrankenstein Makes a Sandwich, both highly praised by reviewers for their wit as well as their artistic brilliance. This is his first novel. Adam lives with his wife in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Review

Who knew the end of the world could be so hilarious? With a misfit cast of characters led by a precocious 11-year-old narrator named Gratuity "Tip" Tucci and a bumbling alien named J.Lo who has an appetite for dental floss and air fresheners, Rex's high-octane fantasy could fairly be called an apocalyptic comedy. After the Boov (technologically advanced aliens) conquer Earth (or Smekland, as they call it, after its discoverer), they decide that humans must live on preserves; all Americans must move to Florida. Tip, driving her mother's car with her cat Pig for a passenger, meets the unexpectedly helpful Boov J.Lo, who, she later discovers, has bungled a mission and is on the lam. Parallels between the Boov and European settlers and their treatment of Native Americans deepen the impact of the story, but the author goes well beyond delivering a single political message. Incorporating dozens of his weird and wonderful illustrations and fruitfully manipulating the narrative structure, Rex skewers any number of subjects, from Disney World to various fleeting fads. Some of the best jokes come from throwaways and from J.Lo's and Tip's attempts to understand each other (when Tip asks if his society has boys and girls, he says, "Of course. Do not to be ridicumulous," and calmly lists the "seven magnificent genders" of the Boov). Picture book aficionados will already know Rex from Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich and Pssst! (reviewed Sept. 10); now another audience can savor his wit. Ages 8-up. (Oct.) PW"

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408859130
• ISBN 13: 9781408859131
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 423