Invasion from the Planet of the Cows

by Dan Greenburg

Book Overview

The plot is about cows coming from outer space. They want to invade the earth. Super hero Maximum Boy goes right into action. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439219477
• ISBN13: 9780439219471
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Maximum Boy in... Invasion from the Planet of the cows!

In Invasion from the Planet of the Cows, Maximum Boy confronts a barn-shaped UFO.The general, Bossy, comes out.She says"we want to check on the cows we dropped here a few hundred years ago".When Maximum Boy asks "do you come in peace?"Bossy says, "We COME in peace. How we LEAVE depends on what we see".If you like a funny book with funny names but not all humor,I recommend the Maximum Boy series.All my friends have them and they are very happy with them. As soon as my teacher finished Invasion from the Planet of the Cows,I started begging my dad for them.If you like funny stories that include a little suspense that you can read in a day,I recommend the Maximum Boy series: something that every family should have.

Invasion from the planet of the cow

I recommend Maximum Boy Starring in Invasion of the Cows because it's funny and thrilling. I give it five stars, and I'll tell you why. In one part, they dress a cow up at the Pentagon. In another part of the book, the leader from the Planet of the Cows comes and it's so funny finding out what happens next. You should really read it to see for yourself. This book is exciting and it makes you want to keep reading until you finish the whole book. Then you will ask your mom or dad to get you more. So buy Maxium Boy books now before they are all sold out!

Invasion from the Planet of the Cows

I heard that Dan Greenburg was writing a new series. After reading the Zack Files, which is about a boy who has science-fiction adventures. I was curious about what Maximum Boy was going to be like. Then I read Invasion from the Planet of the Cows.The plot is about cows coming from outer space. They try to invade Earth. Maximum Boy goes right into action. My favorite character is Tiffany (Maximum Boy's sister)because she makes me laugh. I like to laugh when Tiffany has a bad attitude. The difference between Zack Files and Maximum Boy is that Maximum Boy is a super hero and Zack is just a boy who has lots of adventures. Both books are science-fiction.I recommend the Maximum Boy series to anyone who likes anyone who likes super heroes and I recommend Zack Files to anyone who likes to have adventures.Joanna Gustek, age 9

FUNNIEST BOOK ABOUT UFOS EVER!

Have to give you the picture: Just as 11-year-old Max Silver is about to leave for school, the President of the United States phones him. Mysterious barn-shaped UFOs have landed on a farm in Iowa and the President wants Max to investigate. Max puts on his Maximum Boy costume and flies to Iowa, just as the first alien creature comes out of a UFO. It's a cow in a space-suit, General Bossy, Commander of the Planet of the Cows. "Do you come in peace?" Max asks. "Well," says Commander Bossy, "that depends -- how are you defining the word 'peace'?" "I mean are you here to find out about our culture," says Max, "or are you here to kill off the entire population of Earth?" "Um, pretty much the first one," says Bossy. But the evil cow has nasty plans for the people of Earth. It gets even funnier when Bossy asks about the colonies of cows that they had planted on Earth several thousand years ago. "Do cows have much responsibility in the government of planet Earth?" ask Bossy. Uh-oh... Meanwhile, back home Max's annoying teenaged sister Tiffany is so jealous of the attention Max gets from the President and the media that she goes to the Air & Space Museum and deliberately handles the same radioactive space rocks that gave Max his powers. Then Tiffany gets superpowers too, and becomes Maximum Girl, but she can't control her powers. Also she has a bad attitude for a superhero: "My hair gets all yucky when I fly." Greenburg, who also writes the Zack Files series, is at his funniest in this new Maximum Boy series. Kids can really identify with Max -- especially his math allergy! I enthusiastically recommend this book and the others in the series. The kids I've given them to love them!