The True Meaning of Smekday (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786849017)

The 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.

Author: Adam Rex
ISBN-10: 0786849010
ISBN-13: 9780786849017
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.50w x 1.08d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 117805 / True Meaning of Smekday

Award: Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award - Nominee
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee