How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781681196572)

Happy Conklin Jr. is the only 10-year-old who has to shave three times a day. Hap's dad is a brilliant inventor of screwball products, and being a Conklin kid means sometimes being experimented on. So Hap has his beard, and his five sisters each have their own unique--and often problematic--qualities too. And although Hap's dad has made a fortune with his wacky inventions sold via nonstop TV infomercials, all of that money has gone to Hap's tyrannical Grandma. While she lives in an enormous mansion, the rest of the family lives in two rooms in the basement.

All Hap has ever wanted is to have a normal life, so when he sees a chance to get rid of Grandma, he takes it! He only means to swap out Grandma, but when he--oops!--sells his whole family to the aliens, he wants nothing more than to get them back. He just has to figure out . . . how?

This is an out-of-this-world funny first book in a madcap, illustrated adventure series from New Yorker cartoonist Paul Noth.

Author: Paul Noth
ISBN-10: 1681196573
ISBN-13: 9781681196572
Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2018
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 194931 / How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 10/01/2017
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2018
Booklist 02/15/2018 pg. 79
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2018
Foreword 02/26/2018

About the Author

Paul Noth's cartoons have appeared regularly in The New Yorker since 2004. He has created short animated films for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and been an animation consultant for Saturday Night Live.

www.paulnoth.com; @PaulNoth