Synopsis
It all happened because of Feeney's Original Astronaut Ice Cream. Those accursed pink bars entranced me with their sugary magic!
Life on Gelo was fine until the fur-headed "humans" arrived. They invaded our asteroid with their loud drill machines and their endless greed, stealing our precious iridium to take back to their weird-looking blue-and-green planet. Then the mothership took off and four little fur-heads were marooned here.
Luckily, the "kids" have cool things like hologram games and rocket bikes. And they know how to pilot starships!
But there's plenty the junior humans don't know, like how to fight a feral thyss-cat or ride an usk-lizard. They're decidedly terrible at dealing with my stink gland (yes, we Xotonians have a stink gland). And they definitely seem powerless against the Vorem, a terrifying breed of rival alien that nightmares are made of.
Thank goodness the Earthlings have me and all five of my eyes to look after them! If only I knew how to help them get back home. . . .
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About the Author
Tom O'Donnell has written for the "New Yorker," "McSweeney's," Atari, and the TV show "Trip Tank" on Comedy Central. His comic strips have been featured in the" New York Press," "Village Voice," and other papers. He lives with his wife in Brooklyn.
From Booklist
When aliens land on Chorkle’s home on Gelo, the asteroid’s residents must find a way to drive off these “human” invaders, or risk the discovery of the Xotonian civilization. In a mad attempt of rogue diplomacy, Chorkle boards the alien spacecraft, accidentally sabotaging the Xotonians’ human-expulsion plan. Saddled with the inadvertent betrayal of his people, and the lives of four humans, Chorkle must figure out a way to put things right. O’Donnell hilariously turns the idea of alien invasion on its head with Chorkle’s laugh-out-loud mishaps and observations of these curious “head-fur”-sporting aliens. His role as well-meaning misfit makes Chorkle a sympathetic character that readers will readily embrace. Xotonian vocabulary is liberally used, but always with context clues so readers won’t be left scratching their furred heads. This is a lighthearted adventure in the spirit of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that will leave readers craving for astronaut ice cream or, perhaps, some deep-fried cave slugs. Grades 3-6. --Julia Smith
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