Why would an alien race send an important Federation officer to Earth disguised as an eight-year-old boy? I don't know, but the results are pretty funny.

The illustrations--which kind of look like they were done in Paint (the program, not the substance)--belie the story Julian Rodriguez tells. So to one reader this might be science fiction, but to a more sophisticated reader this is childhood fantasy. I mean, who hasn't felt like they were from another planet? ( )

So very boy like! ( )

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. ( )

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. ( )

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 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. ( )