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True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (2007, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers

ISBN-100786849002

ISBN-139780786849000

eBay Product ID (ePID)60166074

Product Key Features

Book TitleTrue Meaning of Smekday

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicTravel, Humorous Stories, Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Etc., Mysteries & Detective Stories, General, Science Fiction

FeaturesRevised

IllustratorYes, Rex, Adam

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorAdam Rex

Book SeriesThe Smek Smeries Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight0.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"First-time novelist Rex has written an imaginative, wacky, hilarious sci-fi story that will appeal to fans of Eoin Colfer and Jon Scieszka. Lively cartoon-paneled illustrations are interspersed throughout and add to the fun. This is a fast-paced adventure with a whip-smart protagonist, a lovable and resourceful extraterrestrial, and plenty of social commentary."-- School Library Journal, "This is a truly wonderful book about what happens when a girl named Gratuity and a cat named Pig join forces with an alien named J.Lo to try to save the world from another group of aliens who... Okay, it gets complicated. But trust me: it never stops being funny." -- Dave Barry, "Adam Rex has created a book that is so snappy and fun and angst-giddy that you really can't put it down, because to do so would mean going back to the harsh-world reality in which you live and almost die. But reading a book this captivating is always worth the risk of being abducted by aliens with weak immune systems." -- Jack Gantos, author of 2012 Newbery Medal winner Dead End in Norvelt, "The humor in this story is undeniably unique... the first half of the book is an entirely funny road trip of the Kerouac-meets-E.T. variety."-- Kirkus Review

Grade FromThird Grade

Series Volume Number1

Dewey Decimal813.6

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisThe hilarious, genre-bending novel from bestselling author Adam rex that inspired the blockbuster feature film Home -- fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin; when her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge bizarre spaceships descended on Earth and the aliens -- called Boov -- abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the Happy Mouse Kingdom; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion., Gratuity Tucci (call her Tip)& gets a fairly early start behind the wheel.& She's 11--and she's good if you want to know.& & Plus, laws don't matter too much& these days, and Tip is desperate to find her mom who was abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (technically "Smekday" Eve since the Boov& invasion).& So while the rest of the American population gets shipped via rocketpod to Florida--the proposed new "United State of America"--Tip heads south in& the family car to search for her mother. & On the way, & she meets a solitary Boov mechanic named J. Lo.& He's unarmed, and he can fix her battered car (make it fly), so she agrees to give him a ride, which leads to two& alarming discoveries.& One is that J.Lo turns out to be not so bad.& & The other& is that J.Lo is #1 on the Boov's most wanted list for making the hugest mistake in the history of Smekland (or "earth" depending on your point of view).& Now Tip and her many-legged friend are the only ones who can save the planet from a really big catastrophe. & & , Fully illustrated with photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this original debut novel by a noted illustrator is a hilarious, perceptive, and genre-bending story about a 12-year-old girl who writes an essay six months after an alien race has taken over Earth., Gratuity Tucci (call her Tip)& gets a fairly early start behind the wheel.& She's 11--and she's good if you want to know.& & Plus, laws don't matter too much& these days, and Tip is desperate to find her mom who was abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (technically Smekday Eve since the Boov& invasion).& So while the rest of the American population gets shipped via rocketpod to Florida--the proposed new United State of America--Tip heads south in& the family car to search for her mother. & On the way, & she meets a solitary Boov mechanic named J. Lo.& He's unarmed, and he can fix her battered car (make it fly), so she agrees to give him a ride, which leads to two& alarming discoveries.& One is that J.Lo turns out to be not so bad.& & The other& is that J.Lo is #1 on the Boov's most wanted list for making the hugest mistake in the history of Smekland (or earth depending on your point of view).& Now Tip and her many-legged friend are the only ones who can save the planet from a really big catastrophe. & &