Aliens Ate My Homework

by Bruce Coville

Book Overview

Following the successful repackaging of Bruce Coville's My Teacher Is an Alien series, great new covers for another popular backlist series from the bestselling author.

IT'S THE WEIRDEST ALIEN INVASION EVER

"I cannot tell a lie," says Rod Allbright. And it's the truth. Ask him a question and he's bound to give you an honest answer. Which is why, when his teacher asks what happened to last night's math assignment, Rod has to give...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416938834
• ISBN13: 9781416938835
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Number 2 in my top ten favorite books of all time

For me, this rates among the ranks of the Harry Potter books. Even though I'm about 5 grades above the reading level for this book, I laugh every ten pages, on average. I read this book like four years ago, and it's even better the second time. Rod Allbright is the most honest person you'll ever meet. He can't tell a lie if his life depended on it. This causes him some trouble, as you might imagine, but not as much as the aliens on the good ship FERKEL who come crash-landing through his window. These are Captain Grakker, Madame Pong, Tar Gibbons (a gibbon is actually a real-life tropical Asian ape with a slender body and long arms), Snout, and Phil. Soon Ron is drafted to the position of Deputy to help them arrest the interstellar criminal BKR. The book starts off pretty quick--not even twenty pages pass before the aliens land. However, the action is not immediate. This gives us a good chance to meet the characters, instead of just watching them run from explosions and stuff. And they are all pretty well-developed, with the possible exception of Phil, since he only has twenty or thirty lines altogether. Bruce Coville's is some of the best writing I've ever seen. There's so many little details and subtle messages that really help the book move and add depth to the characters. At the same time, he remembers that a kid is thinking this, and fills it with realistic boyish wonder and actions. Well, except not being able to ever tell a lie. But hey, that's what makes Rod Rod. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has even a slight interest in bizarre. It's the fine writing from Bruce Coville seen here that makes me wonder why that haven't adapted any of his works into a movie.

My Favorite Book Ever!

I love this book, it's so imaginative and funny. It's Bruce Coville's best book yet! Every time I read this I can't stop laughing... This book is very amusing, but it also has a weird deep side to it that makes you want to read it again and again.

"Aliens Ate My Homework, Miss Maloney!"

This book is about Rod Allbright, a boy who just can't lie. Ask him a question, and you're sure to get a good answer. Well, at school, He has a big enemy named Billy Becker, A tiny little kid who can beat up every kid in the sixth grade. You would think Rod would fight back, but he can't fight. But all this bad luck changes when a minuture alien ship comes, with a few visitors in it. Soon Rod gets to get fond of them, and feels like he wants them to stay. Well, they do stay, because they need to catch a high-security criminal who did the worst crime in all of the Galaxy: cruelty. And his name is BKR (Bee Kay Are). This story is a great book with lots of wonders. I hope you, too, will read this book and find out the fun of it all!

Out of this wor1d!

This was a fabulous book! From a kid's point of view, this would have to be the best sci-fi book ever written. The characters are unforgettable from the bossy captain Grakker to the diplomatic Madam Pong. It is a great book and it really gets you wrapped up in it. I have to warn you, as soon as your done with the series, you'll go through a real depressed episode when all books will seem pathetic compared to what you just read.

This was a terrific book!

"Aliens Ate My Homework" was a wonderfully well written book about aliens and their adventures. Bruce Coville created a wide variety of characters who lead you through a brilliant plot. Rod Allbright- a sixth grader who cannot tell a lie, Grakker- the hot tempered captain of the good ship Ferkel, Madame Pong- a highly respected diplomatic officer on the Ferkel, Flinge Iblik (Snout)- the Ferkel's Mental Officer, Tar Gibbons- a warrior who could kill you with his little finger if so desired, and Phillogenus esk Piemondum (otherwise known as Phil)- The ship's Scientific Officer (pretty much the ship's handy man). These are the assorted charcters that Bruce Coville decided should come alive in the masterfully written "Aliens Ate My Homework." Other books you might like (if you enjoy this one) are "I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X," The Search For Snout," and "Aliens Stole My Body" all of which were written by Bruce Coville and are included in the Rod Allbright series.