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Best friends Gene Brennick and Vince Haskell come across freaky aliens like Mold Man, Calamari Girl, and Crumble Bun all the time as reporters for their homemade weekly tabloid, the Globe, a newsletter featuring stories on the aliens living quietly among humans in Santa Rosa, California.
Gene and Vince's classmates don't take their articles too seriously — no one does, really. Gene's determined to find a way to end his outsider status for good, and when he and Vince discover a local teacher's deep, dark secret, Gene's convinced he's found the answer. But after taking it one step too far, Gene and Vince are suddenly at the center of an intergalactic conflict, one that could be the death of the boys' friendship, or of the boys themselves — whichever comes first.
Acclaimed screenwriter and director David O. Russell teams up for his first novel with Andrew Auseon to deliver a hilarious, surprising adventure that will keep readers glued to every page.
Auseon (Jo-Jo and the Fiendish Lot), working from a concept by screenwriter/director Russell, turns in a wacky but underwhelming tale of aliens, friendship and young love. Gene, an excitable eighth-grader whose fingerprints are falling off, and Vince, his bookish best friend, run the Globe, a newsweekly that profiles the aliens hiding out among us. They get this info by pilfering the address book of Gene's cousin Fred, who knows all of the local aliens, but they don't realize that their newsletter is attracting the attention of powerful aliens. These include a local high school guidance counselor named Walter, who is actually the nephew of the malevolent alien Vargon. And worse, he's the good guy, on the run from something even more threatening. Auseon hits some nice, zany notes—the descriptions of some classmates are great (one hyperactive kid at a football game “tackled the homecoming queen, just because no one had stopped him in time”), as are the alien powers. But the story devolves into a silly mess without providing either serious character moments or truly memorable humor. Ages 8–12. (Oct.)
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reviewed Alienated on October 15, 2013
Alienated
Sci Fi for Breakfast Book Club?
per Amazon:
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 780L (What's this?)
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Aladdin; Reprint edition (October 12, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 141698299X
ISBN-13: 978-1416982999
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8'Best friends Gene and Vince go on rollicking adventures to track down and interview aliens who are living on Earth incognito. Though no one believes that the stories they write for their self-published newsletter are true, the boys know that these unusual individuals'cleverly named for their physical characteristics (e.g., Mold Man)'are the real thing. When the teens discover that the aliens are disappearing, they find themselves embroiled in an intergalactic plot that involves Vargon, the universe's most evil and frightening warlord. After meeting a school guidance counselor named Walter, they discern that he is actually Vargon's peace-loving nephew. Gene's desire to boost the newsletter's credibility causes him to print an article exposing Walter's identity, bringing the boys to the attention of Vargon's most frightening henchman. Meanwhile, Gene has been exhibiting some very unusual physical characteristics. Wrapped up neatly at the end with a surprise twist, the book is brimming with humor (Gene's tender first kiss comes right when he first sprouts tentacles from his shoulders), compounded by the theme of adolescent self-discovery. Wonderfully refreshing is Gene's character growth as he learns to become more thoughtful and caring and redeems himself by helping Walter fight the alien thugs. Quirky and imbued with a touch of romance, Alienated should resonate well with middle school sci fi fans.'James K. Irwin, Evanston Public Library, IL
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
In this quirky read, aliens and the misfit main characters find out they have a lot in common. Fourteen-year-olds Vince Haskell and Gene Brennick are best friends and co-workers who publish The Globe, a tabloid that reports on extraterrestrials disguised as humans in their community. They are labeled phonies, but Gene hopes The Globe will provide him fame and notoriety, while Vince worries that long hours at the news desk will hinder his grades. Despite Vince's objections, Gene prints an article exposing the alien identity of a friendly guidance counselor. After Gene kisses Vince's crush and Vince retaliates by publishing his own scathing article, the boys must put aside their differences to stop an intergalactic war. On the surface, the Men in Black-style aliens would seem a lure for reluctant readers, but this novel is really more about teenage alienation. As one alien says, "This is a tough planet. You've got to keep changing who you are. That's the price of fitting in." Hand this to those who feel like they're from another planet. Grades 5-8. --Kimberly Garnick
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