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Available
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Series
Collection
Publication
Scholastic Paperbacks (2009), Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, 128 pages
Description
Eight-year-old Julian Rodriguez escapes from the crisis of the moment (being sent to his room for not taking out the trash) by imagining he is a space warrior.
User reviews
LibraryThing member JRlibrary
This is a very humourous recount of a boy's day with his parents. He is reporting to his "mothership". When they write back, the page is all black so it is immediately apparent who is writing. This book would be loved by those who enjoy Calvin and Hobbes cartoons, particularly the episodes where he
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is pretending to be in space. It also reminds me a bit of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid format, minus the middle school setting... I think this will be VERY popular with grade 3-8 students, and it's funny. It would make a great dramatic monologue for an older student, or a reader's theater play. I read this for the April Peel Fiction Review committee. Show Less
LibraryThing member anniecase
Thoroughly entertaining book that takes a normal kid and puts him on another footing. The vocabulary is done in such a way that kids will want to learn and the overall impression is incredibly clever.
LibraryThing member ARICANA
Eight-year-old Julian Rodriguez escapes from the crisis of the moment (being sent to his room for not taking out the trash) by imagining he is a space warrior.
LibraryThing member cougargirl1967
So very boy like!
Language
Physical description
128 p.; 7.56 inches
ISBN
0439919703 / 9780439919708
Local notes
Julian Rodriguez is on a mission for the Mothership. He's been sent to Earth to study human lifeforms and their bizarre habits--from their disgusting diet (orange sticks named carrots, flavorless liquid called water, and the revolting substance known as vegi-dogs) to their repressive treatment of their young (forcing them to carry out menial tasks known as chores, withholding access to the great cultural masterpieces called cartoons).