Blork has discovered that throwing tantrums is an easy way to get what he wants. Then the Big Pest Squad seizes his pet poodnoobie, and even a tantrum won't help. Soon Blork has taken flight with his pet, and he discovers a new land with strange creatures under the rule of a temperamental king. Will Blork and his pet be stuck here forever? This entertaining read is one of many chapter books featuring aliens by Bruce Coville.

Similar books: Space Brat 3: The Wrath of Squat by Bruce Coville

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 12/10/2010

ISBN-10: 0671745670

ISBN-13: 9780671745677

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Eleven-year-old Thomas has lived a quiet life with his father in an English village for the last five years. Much to his surprise, his father tells him that they are leaving to return to their real home, the planet Ormingat. The plan is for them to return to their golfball-sized spaceship before Christmas, but everything seems to go wrong. Will they make it home? This book focuses on the very human relationships between Thomas, his father, and his friends. The writing is gentle and low-key, and the aliens are benevolent beings. Though a bit slow to get started, once the story takes off, this has an intriguing plot.

Reviewed by: msp

Date read: 12/2/2010

ISBN-10: 1849410976

ISBN-13: 9781849410977

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Ricky Diaz tries to avenge his mother's murder by completing a mission to steal back a radar detector, installed in a single engine plane, that a drug cartel is using to smuggle drugs from Mexico into the U.S. Will he succeed?

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/25/2009

ISBN-10: 0786810025

ISBN-13: 9780786810024

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Wouldn't you know it? Once again Belladonna is singled out to do something no one else is even being considered for. But this time the adult is dead, a ghost, and the story she tells is quite contrary to what the history book says. And now she needs to carry a message and find the Spellbinder. That's all she is told. So, she goes about trying to unravel it all only to discover that her parents have also gone missing and she can't tell anyone because they are also ghosts! Soon stange things are happening to everyone that Belladonna knows in the ghost world - her world - for she has inherited the ability to see and talk to ghosts - it runs in the family. Determined to discover what is going on, Belladonna, along with Steve a classmate, set forth into the unknown. Spellbinder is an intriguing ghost story different from any you have read before.

Reviewed by: adf

Date read: 11/24/2010

ISBN-10: 0312387636

ISBN-13: 9780312387631

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Get ready for the Third-Grade Olympics! The events are basketball, long jump, jump rope, and the relay race. The teams are France, Antarctica, Greece, and Ireland. Everybody's excited, except for Spider who is terrible at running, really terrible, so bad that just thinking about it practically makes him sick. Besides that, his good friend, Zachary, is picking on him because he's such a terrible runner. Their teacher tells the class that it isn't about winning; it's about being a team and doing your best. Could the teacher be right?

Reviewed by: hap

Date read: 9/1/2010

ISBN-10: 0807575941

ISBN-13: 9780807575949

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