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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The True Meaning of Smekdayby Adam Rex
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity (Tip) Tucci is assigned to write five pages on The True Meaning of Smekday for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it Smekland (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the Happy Mouse Kingdom; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this is a hilarious, perceptive, genre-bending novel by a remarkable new talent. Synopsis:Fully illustrated with photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, and comic sequences, this original debut novel by a noted illustrator is a hilarious, perceptive, and genre-bending story about a 12-year-old girl who writes an essay six months after an alien race has taken over Earth. Synopsis:Gratuity Tucci (call her Tip)& nbsp; gets a fairly early start behind the wheel.& nbsp; She's 11--and she's good if you want to know.& nbsp; & nbsp; Plus, laws don't matter too much& nbsp; these days, and Tip is desperate to find her mom who was abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (technically Smekday Eve since the Boov& nbsp; invasion).& nbsp; So while the rest of the American population gets shipped via rocketpod to Florida--the proposed new United State of America--Tip heads south in& nbsp; the family car to search for her mother. & nbsp; On the way, & nbsp; she meets a solitary Boov mechanic named J. Lo.& nbsp; He's unarmed, and he can fix her battered car (make it fly), so she agrees to give him a ride, which leads to two& nbsp; alarming discoveries.& nbsp; One is that J.Lo turns out to be not so bad.& nbsp; & nbsp; The other& nbsp; is that J.Lo is #1 on the Boov's most wanted list for making the hugest mistake in the history of Smekland (or earth depending on your point of view).& nbsp; Now Tip and her many-legged friend are the only ones who can save the planet from a really big catastrophe. & nbsp; & nbsp; What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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