The True Meaning of Smekday

The True Meaning of Smekday

By Adam Rex

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Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 3 - 5n/a4.5n/a

It all starts with a school essay.
 
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 the 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.
 
Fully illustrated with “photos,” drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this is a hilarious, perceptive, genre-bending novel by a remarkable new talent.  
 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens
ISBN-13: 9781408859131
ISBN-10: 1408859130
Published on 2/12/2015
Binding: Paperback

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I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH IVE READ IT LIKE SIX TIMES THIS BOOK IS PERFECTION I FORGOT TO PUT A PERIOD OOPS.

I really want to read this book so badly but i only found the second book but i read that one anyway.I have already started looking for this book and i think it will be very interesting

I"ve been told that it is good. So far, it's pretty good. Plus, a sequel just came out a little while ago.

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I know! The movie is so nice and amazing (the movie Home). I love this book too..........

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This is one of my favorite books EVER. The new movie Home is based off of this book