On Impact!

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School Department, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 3, 2015

Review

In this fourth installment in the Alien in My Pocket series, Zack crashes his bicycle because his four inch alien, Amp, took the brake cables to fix the landing system on his spaceship. As in the previous books, science is woven throughout the story, this time trying to make an egg drop without breaking it. Zack's younger brother continues to be annoying, as does Amp. The story is really pretty silly but with lots of illustrations and larger font, it will appeal to reluctant readers. The book jacket directs teachers to a website where Common Core tie ins can be found. At that site, the book can be brought up and there are questions about the book and the Common Core standards the questions address. This is not a book I would use for that, but I would direct reluctant readers its way.

Overall Book Score: good