I'm an Alien and I Want to Go Home

Reviewed by: Phyllis Fuchs - curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 10, 2016

Review

Here is a book with an eye catching title that may attract boys of about ages eight through twelve who like the stories that they read to be funny. It has almost two hundred pages of cheerful sillinesses in thirty one brief chapters that are sprinkled with comic but clarifying black and white drawings. The title might be the words spoken by twelve year old Daniel who is convinced by his family and his school that he is an alien. He is determined to locate and to travel to his rightful home planet. Once readers can accept the unlikely possibility of any boy truly believing that he is an alien, the fun begins. Daniel and his two friends, one a generous boy and the other a smart one and a computer whiz as well, devise a plan to get Daniel to liftoff time.The book's broad humor and its brief chapters keep it lively. This first novel makes a good candidate for reading aloud to fourth and fifth grade classes as well as being an entertaining choice for individual reading.

Overall Book Score: good