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Nine-year-old Adam's obnoxious older brother Keith claims to be an alien from another galaxy and asks for Adam's help because a spaceship is coming to take him back to his home planet.
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From Kirkus Reviews
Is he or isn't he? Initially skeptical, nine-year-old Adam begins to believe it may be true after Keith seems to read his thoughts, turn a lamp off simply by pointing, and make a batteryless stereo produce weird noises. When Keith earnestly asks him to carry a message to his ``people,'' Adam agrees, but it's all an elaborate hoax: after waiting under a rain-soaked tree for over an hour, Adam looks up to see his brother sitting on a branch, hooting derisively. Readers might buy Adam's half-willing suspension of disbelief, but Keith's zeal in pursuing the joke seems excessive; he also has a cruel streak (leaving a hot pepper in the dog's dish--that sort of thing) and never seems to suffer either remorse or retribution. The farce is, at best, mild, while characters show more personality in Brazell's small ink drawings than in the text. As in Sheldon's Harry and Chicken stories, the premise is better than the treatment. (Fiction. 9-11) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-- After years of being tricked by his obnoxious older brother, nine-year-old Adam is reluctant to believe Keith's claim that he is an alien. But Keith seems desperate to contact the spaceship that will take him to his home planet, and he needs Adam's help . While there is appeal to the idea of getting rid of his sibling, the younger boy is afraid his parents will be upset at the disappearance. So begins this fast-paced, suspenseful adventure. Readers are kept on edge; Keith's story has an obviously false ring, but he's so incredibly awful that they will believe he really could be from outer space. Lots of humor, exaggeration, and a skewed sense of reality give the tale an enjoyable Daniel Pinkwater or Stephen Manes quality. Realistic black-and-white drawings liberally illustrate the text. --Anne Connor, Los Angeles Public Library
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- PublisherCandlewick
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1564025179
- ISBN 13 9781564025173
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
- IllustratorBrazell Derek
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