I Was A Sixth Grade Alien #1
by Bruce Coville
from Aladdin
He came from the stars -- and sixth grade will never be the same!
The aliens have finally made contact! But when the first ambassador from another planet arrives, he insists that his son, Pleskit Meenom, be treated like any other citizen on Earth.
Which is why Pleskit has become the first purple kid in Ms. Weintraub's sixth grade class.
For Tim Tompkins, who has been waiting his entire life to meet an alien, this is like a dream come true. But when Pleskit invites Tim back to the embassy and they stumble across a plan to sabotage the alien mission, Tim's dream becomes a life-threatening nightmare.
Peanut Butter Lover Boy (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, 4)
by Bruce Coville
from Aladdin
Pleskit's quest to sample all things earthling -- especially earthling foods -- inevitably leads him to...peanut butter. He adores it. There's only one problem: He has an allergic reaction to the stuff that ends up making him feel incredibly romantic.
Before long, the purple alien is chasing girls around the playground, trying to kiss them. He gets a slap in the face, which snaps him back to reality. But the damage has been done. The school is in an uproar, and unless Tim and Pleskit can find a way to convince Principal Grand that it's not really Pleskit's fault, the world's first alien student may be looking for a new classroom -- on a new planet!
The Attack of the Two-Inch Teacher (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, 2)
by Bruce Coville
from Aladdin
approx. 2.5 hours 2 cassettes
Pleskit Meenom is tired of constantly being teased by Jordan Lynch. Pleskit and his friend Tim decide to teach Jordan a lesson and borrow a shrinking ray from the desk of Pleskit's Fatherly One. Unfortunately, the plan backfires and it is Tim and their teacher Ms. Weintrab that get shrunk. If this gets out, it could ruin the alien mission. But how can you hide the fact that you've shrunk your teacher?
Zombies of the Science Fair (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, 5)
by Bruce Coville
from Aladdin
MY BEST FRIEND IS A ZOMBIE!
It's science fair time again, and Tim Tompkins is in trouble. It's only two days until the big event, and he hasn't finished his project.
In fact, he hasn't even started it.
Given Tim's past history, this is no big surprise.
But this year Tim has a new resource -- his alien friend, Pleskit Meenom. Surely with his super science, Pleskit can help Tim come up with a knockout project for the science fair.
But Pleskit's potent potion turns out to have side effects that not even an alien could have expected, and soon he's desperately trying to answer the question: "What do you do when you've just amputated your best friend's personality?"
Don't Fry My Veeblax! (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, 6)
by Bruce Coville
from Aladdin
ENDANGERED SPECIES
When Percy the Mad Poet assigns Ms. Weintraub's class to write poems about their pets, Pleskit decides he should bring his Veeblax to school.
Not a good idea! When the little shapeshifter frightens one of Pleskit's classmates, she freaks out -- and so do the newspapers. As the situation spins out of control, it becomes clear that Pleskit may lose his pet, his teacher may lose her job, and Earth may lose the benefits of the alien connection.
Running away may be the only way for Pleskit to save the Veeblax. But where can you run to when you're the only purple kid on the planet? And what do you do when something very strange starts following you?
I Lost My Grandfather's Brain (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, No 3)
by Bruce Coville
from Aladdin
CALLING LOST AND FOUND -- HAVE YOU SEEN MY BRAIN?
Some kids lose their homework. Some kids lose their math book, or their sneakers, or their lunch.
Pleskit Meenom, first alien kid to go to school on Earth, has a bigger problem: He's lost his grandfather's brain!
Of course, that's not Pleskit's only problem. He's feuding with his best friend Tim. Someone is leaking stories about him to a sleazy supermarket tabloid. And sixth grade is turning out to be a bigger challenge than interplanetary navigation.
But if Pleskit can't find that missing brain, none of those other problems will matter, because his life won't be worth a plug skeelrag!
Snatched from Earth (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, 8)
by Bruce Coville
from Aladdin
Tim Tomkins has always wanted to visit outer space -- but he didn't plan to go as the captive of a mysterious alien!
But that's just what Tim, Pleskit, Maktel, and Linnsy have become -- captives in an interstellar struggle for control of the galaxy. Can four kids from two very different planets learn to work together? They're going to have to, if they want to survive on the strange new world where they've been trapped. But even if they do survive, how will they ever find their way back home?
Join Pleskit and his friends for a race against time and incredible danger -- with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance!
Too Many Aliens (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien, 7)
Maktel Geebrit, Pleskit's pen pal from back home on Hevi-Hevi, is finally going to visit him on Earth. Pleskit is excited, but a little nervous, too. How will Maktel get along with Pleskit's new friend, Tim?
And just how does a kid cope with having two best friends on the same planet, anyway?
As if that question wasn't hard enough, Pleskit's Fatherly One also has an off-world visitor -- an elegant trader named Ellico vec Bur. But is Ellico really a friend, or is the trader also a traitor...the greatest menace that the mission to Earth has yet faced?
The search for an answer plunges Pleskit, Tim, Maktel, and Linnsy into danger beyond their wildest dreams!
My Teacher Is an Alien (I Was a Sixth Grade Alien)
When My Teacher is an Alien was first published no one expected it to become an international bestseller. But the combination of sassy humor, pulse-pounding adventure, and unexpected bits of philosophy proved irresistible to kids, parents, and teachers around the world.
Bowing to popular demand, author Bruce Coville created three more books about the lead characters -- books that were not mere sequels but new adventures that forged the entire series into a unified story that reaches a towering climax in the final volume, where all questions were finally answered, the mysteries unraveled, and the threads of the personal stories drawn into a satisfying knot as tears, belly laughs, and big ideas jostle for position.
This tenth anniversary edition marks the first time the series has appeared in hardcover, and the first time all four books have been gathered in a single volume. It's a must for collectors, and a perfect gift for young readers ready to reach for the stars.
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