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	• The True Meaning of Smekday Adam Rex Hyperion Book CH, 2007 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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Hilarious Children's Book Should Interest Adults, Too!

This book, basically meant for children, and, indeed, I bought it for my 9 year old granddaughter, is very clever and very funny. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

The True Meaning of ABSOLUTLY BRILLIANT, and that's coming from an 11 year old girl

Oh my gosh. This book is one of THE best books I have read in my entire life. You may be thinking, well, 11 years isn't that long. But I read almost four books PER DAY.
My grandpa ordered me this book for christmas, and when I looked at the cover I didn't think I would like it very much. Once I opened it, thought, the plot, the amazingly vivid characters, and the humorous language pulled me in whithin an instant. I couldn't put it down.
This book is about an 11 year old girl named Gratuity, but her friends call her Tip. Tip's mom is abducted by a group of aliens called the Boov by a mole on her back that changes color and glows,then the Boov come to Earth, rename it Smekland in honor of the glorious King Smek. The Boov force all the humans to go to Florida, and stay there forever. One Boov named J.Lo (he's a boy, not Jennifer Lopez)befriends Tip, and, well, the whole thing gets complicated, but the book never, ever stops being humerous or gripping.

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The True Meaning of Brilliant

I find myself wishing I had half of Adam Rex's genius with language so that I could at least come close to describing how much I loved reading this book. Tip and J.Lo are a Huck and Jim for the 21st century, and their adventures are everything adventures should be: dizzying, hilarious (truly, I laughed out loud, and I almost never laugh out loud), dazzlingly brave, and crisscrossed with every possible emotion, including sorrow and the kind of fierce, fearless, loyal love only children and renegade Boov can feel. The illustrations are marvelous, but the language is what really hooked me because the language is quirky and lovely and electric and exquisite. Right word after right word after right word until the very end. Mark Twain would be proud. Mark Twain would be jealous! Everyone, everyone should read this book.

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One of my 10 year old's favorite books

My 10 year old son and I read this book together. I initially bought it because it sounded like the plot line - involving aliens, weird contraptions, and "save the world" heroics - would be right up his alley. (He's lately been into "Star Wars" related stuff.)

The book involves a cross-country trip by a 12 year old girl, her cat and a renegade alien Boov, after the invading aliens have relocated all the humans in the U.S. - first to Florida, then to Arizona. They must then go on to save the planet from the second wave of alien invaders, the Gorg. However, the main focus of the story is around how the relationship between the girl and the alien evolves. There are some great exchanges as the two travellers try to comprehend each other's cultures - as well as many pot shots at American popular culture. The drawings (including what's made to look like Polaroids from the trip) were also a big hit with my son.

We both laughed out loud throughout the book, and my son literally ripped it out of my hands on several occasions wanting to re-read a funny section to himself. We now have so many inside jokes about the Boov that my husband says he'll have to read the book too to get in on them.

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True Meaning of Smekday, TheYou know you're in for a wonderful ride when the citizens of the U.S. are all relegated to Florida by a group of invading aliens...and you haven't even gotten to page ten.

Sly digs at consumerism, Disney World, Manifest Destiny, the treatment of immigrants, Native Americans, and even No Child Left Behind give this book the zing of awesome satire, and like the best children's books, it's written on at least two different levels. Improbable as the plot sounds -- young preteen joins with Artoo-shaped alien to save the planet -- it's a wild ride and one you care about. Plus, did I mention how absolutely FUNNY this book is? The book hooked me when the young heroine, Gratuity Tucci, successfully traps one of the alien Boov (later to call himself "J. Lo," and no, I'm not kidding). The Boov threatens to shoot Gratuity, but realizes he has no phaser. Capitalizing on humans' ignorance of all things Boov, the alien threatens to zing her with his "eye lasers." Capitalizing on the Boov's ignorance of all things human, Gratuity threatens to "explode his head," explaining that humans CAN do this, but usually don't, "because it's rude." Wonderful!

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