Sunday, April 29, 2012

Review - The Boy Who Cried Alien


Title: The Boy Who Cried Alien
Author: Marilyn singer
Illustrator: Brian Biggs
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children (March 20, 2012)
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Childrens
Source: Library
Grades: 2 - 5

Oh, goodness gracious, Larry the Liar cannot catch a break. Just because he has told everyone that would listen that his dad is a secret agent and that big foot showers in the gym does not mean that there are not aliens in Malarkey Lake

“What could I say that’s stranger than the truth?”

As he runs off to tell the town, no one will believe, that is, until Carlig and Dreab – Olympic swimmers on their way to Hollywood for staring roles in Sci-Fi movies – investigate on their own.

Oh dear me, what will we do, when aliens are prevaricator too?

This is a very funny, engaging book. The characters are amusing, the storyline is unique and at the end, there is a translation key so you and your little reader can figure out what the aliens were trying to say.

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