Synopses & Reviews
The campaign is going well. The SPHDZ word is getting out. 1000's of kids have signed up to say they are SPHDZ. But things haven't gotten any easier for Michael K. The SPHDZ are still trying to blend in to our Earth culture, but not very successfully. They're still mixing up Thanksgiving, cartoon plots, holidays, and commercials. This makes it especially hard for Michael K. to both hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber and accomplish the SPHDZ Mission. He's forced to enlist the help of fellow fifth graders, Venus and TJ. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;When they (Michael K. and the SPHDZ) are given the assignment to write and perform the school play, Umber thinks he's closing in on the aliens...the kindergartners playing the turkeys.
Review
"The second volume in Scieszka and Prigmore’s nutty, antic series offers more goofy fun.... CLINICALLY PROVEN entertainment for fans old and new!"--Kirkus
Review
"Lots of humor leads this multiplatform effort with links to Web sites that are sure to expand the series’ fan base."—Booklist
Synopsis
The SPHDZ campaign is going well, and word is getting out, bringing the aliens-in-disguise closer to their goal of convincing 3,400,001 kids to BE SPHDZ in order to save the world. But things haven’t gotten any easier for Michael K. He and the SPHDZ have been assigned the task of helping a class of kindergartners perform the school play. As the SPHDZ continue mixing up every holiday, cartoon plot, and commercial, Michael K. struggles to hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber. And this gets even harder when Jennifer sets off an electromagnetic pulse that shakes the city for miles!
About the Author
Jon Scieszkaandlt;bandgt; andlt;/bandgt;is the creator of Trucktown, including the andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; bestselling andlt;iandgt;Smash, Crash!andlt;/iandgt;, and the author of andlt;iandgt;The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!andlt;/iandgt;, the Time Warp Trio series, Caldecott Honor Book andlt;iandgt;The Stinky Cheese Manandlt;/iandgt;, and many other books that inspire kids to want to read. He has worked as an elementary school teacher and is the founder of GuysRead.com,andnbsp;a literacy initiative for boys.Shane Prigmore is an accomplished professional in the animation, film, and illustration fields. Shane won an Annie Award for his design work on the stop motion feature andlt;i andgt;Coralineandlt;/iandgt;. He has also contributed his numerous talents to such projects as: andlt;i andgt;How to Train Your Dragonandlt;/iandgt;,andlt;Bandgt; andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;i andgt;The Croodsandlt;/iandgt;,andlt;Bandgt; andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;i andgt;Rise of the Guardiansandlt;/iandgt;,andlt;Bandgt; andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;i andgt;Fosterandrsquo;s Home for Imaginary Friendsandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;i andgt;The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towersandlt;/iandgt;, and andlt;i andgt;The Iron Giantandlt;/iandgt;...to name a few. Shane resides in Los Angeles.