This is the type of book many of my students are looking for. It is funny, a chapter book, and yet it still has pictures. It is a wacky science fiction story for grades 2-5. It is over 200 pages, but the print has lots of white space and pictures for the reluctant reader or new chapter book reader.
Willy Maykit is a fourth grader who goes on a school field trip to Planet Ed. It is just a day trip, but he ends up wandering away and not making the ride home. Cindy, his classmate crush, notices he is missing and ends up missing the space ship ride home too. They meet another boy who is a green alien complete with antennae who was left behind on his school trip a week ago. He teaches him the ropes and the threesome have lots of adventures as they avoid monsters, look for food and survive on an alien planet, while they figure out how they will get home. There is a lot of slapstick, corny jokes and nonsense that happens in the story. It doesn't always makes complete sense and yet I didn't mind the wackiness. It is probably a longer My Weird School type of book. I checked to see if there are more books after this one. So far, this is a stand alone. The book level is 4.0. It is good for division 1 and both boys and girls. I rate this book 3 out of 4.
- Age Range: 7 - 10 years
- Grade Level: 2 - 5
- Lexile Measure: 580
- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers (March 3, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0544313518
- ISBN-13: 978-0544313514
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