Description
Aliens are on their way to Earth, but never fear - the future of our world rests in the hands of three eleven-year-old nerds. A laugh-out-loud alien adventure novel for young middle fiction readers from the internationally acclaimed, bestselling Australian author of My Life as an Alphabet.
'The world will end at ten thirty-six in the morning, on the fourteenth of March this year.'
This is the message aliens send to eleven-year-old nerds Harrison (Aitch), Ally and Mo. How do they send it? Via the magnetic letters on Mo's fridge, of course.
Aitch and Ally aren't sure what to believe, but soon they're in an alien spaceship travelling at lightspeed to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. Mo is worried his mum will be furious that he boarded an alien craft with strangers. And Aitch is not too happy that they've kidnapped his dog.
But maybe the aliens aren't that scary after all? They say they want to save the planet. It's only humans they're not so impressed by...
The future of the human race might just be in the hands of three nerds and their lazy dog. What could go wrong?
Review
This is a laugh-out-loud story with an important message. Told mainly from the perspective of eleven-year-old Harrison Harrison - yes his dad thought that would be funny - also known as Aitch, and his two friends Ally and Mo. Aitch is funny and loves playing with words, Ally is super smart and Mo has an obsession with outer space and alien life. Together they are just a cool bunch of nerds.
Our story centres on messages that Mo has been receiving from aliens about their impending visit to earth and their desire to meet. While the others are extremely sceptical, they go along with Mo as all good friends should support each other.
The aliens say that they have no wish to harm humans but will turn earth into an intergalactic tourist mecca if humans can’t save the planet. So our group of nerds have 30 years to get the earth back on track. Can they possibly succeed?
Our author tells us in the first chapter that you need to be from nine to twelve years old to read this book and with themes of friendship, problem solving and climate change told in a funny and entertaining way, this is exactly its target reader.
