I Was a Sixth Grade Alien

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Summary: I think...
Review: ...that this book is a okay book. What happens is that these aliens make contact with Earth and this guy called the Fathery One ( who is the ambassador ) wants his kid, called Pleskit, to go to a normal public school. There are some people who don't want the aliens on earth at all. Then Pleskit and Tim ( the guy who wants to be Pleskit's friend ) discover somebody is going to sabotage the alien misson... ...find out more by reading this book!

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Summary: I Was a Sixth Grade Alien
Review: One thing that I really liked about this book was that it had a language different than the other lanugages that you see in sci-fi. The language in question used bodily functions other than the standard speaking.

It's about a young, purple alien named Pleskit that is taken along by his father to Earth as part of a trade mission. Pleskit is enrolled in a public school, and, thanks to some wrong information about how Earthlings always speak the truth, Pleskit succeeds in making most of the kids at school hate him.

Except for Tim Tompkins, that is, resident alien enthusiast. He's psyched out of his mind to see a real, live alien and wants to make friends with Pleskit, but something always comes up- like, Pleskit seemingly attacking another boy at school, for example.

So Tim forms a plan to meet Pleskit by hiding in his 'personal needs' room (a.k.a. bathroom) and hoping to make a good impression. Surprisingly, he does, and is invited to Pleskit's house.

Tim's excited, of course, and Pleskit is outraged to hear that his database was tampered with (the whole Earthlings lie thing). They decide to scope out their number one suspect's room, but they see him coming and quickly duck into Mikta-Makta-Mookta's room (Pleskit's father's secretary). There, they discover that she has something that shouldn't be in her room...

I really liked this book, and it's great for kids that are in fifth and sixth grades.

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Summary: Response to Lit for my Seventh Grade Advanced English Class
Review: The book I was a Sixth Grade Alien, by Bruce Coville, is about Pleskit, an alien that comes to Earth with his father, whom they call the fatherly one, and his great fatherly one, or his grandfather. Pleskit comes here for his father, who is the ambassador. When he comes to Earth, he meets Tim. Tim is an alien loving kid that lives on Earth who tries to become Pleskit's friend, and in the end they do become friends. Tim's class makes fun of him, but he still tries to become Pleskit's friend.
I was confused in the beginning of the book. I didn't understand why every chapter was told by a different person telling their part of the story. Towards the end, I started to understand why Coville did this. He did this so that you, the reader, could understand what each person felt and thought about what was going on. Pleskit, being an alien, had different thoughts and different ways of looking at things than Tim did. "From what she tells me, everyone on this planet likes to pretend that he or she is unique and different" (Coville 13). Pleskit went to an Earth training module, but I guess they didn't tell him everything about the people on Earth.
I really liked the parts in the book when Tim followed Pleskit around trying to become his friend, and when they finally did meet, they got along. I was happy to read this because at the beginning of the story Tim doesn't have many friends and then he has a friend and I am happy for him. Everyone needs a friend that they can count on. Tim finally got this. "Pleskit. I've got to make friends with him before he thinks we all hate him"(Coville 82).
I was confused at the end about how Mikta-makta-mookta and Harr-giss were trying to break down Pleskit's training modules to make him mess up and have to go back home. Was this to make his father's job go down the drain or just put it on a rocky start? "'Senator Hargis is an alien'" (Coville 159).
I really enjoyed this book. I am like Tim in some ways. I love aliens and the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I have seen it about as many times as he has. I think anyone that likes aliens or has an interest in science fiction and/or myths would like this book. I was a Sixth Grade Alien is for kids in grades five through seven. It was a pretty easy book to read. I enjoyed every part and the end kept me on my toes. I didn't want to put it down at times.

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Summary: Response to Lit for my Seventh Grade Advanced English Class
Review: The book I was a Sixth Grade Alien, by Bruce Coville, is about Pleskit, an alien that comes to Earth with his father, whom they call the fatherly one, and his great fatherly one, or his grandfather. Pleskit comes here for his father, who is the ambassador. When he comes to Earth, he meets Tim. Tim is an alien loving kid that lives on Earth who tries to become Pleskit's friend, and in the end they do become friends. Tim's class makes fun of him, but he still tries to become Pleskit's friend.
I was confused in the beginning of the book. I didn't understand why every chapter was told by a different person telling their part of the story. Towards the end, I started to understand why Coville did this. He did this so that you, the reader, could understand what each person felt and thought about what was going on. Pleskit, being an alien, had different thoughts and different ways of looking at things than Tim did. "From what she tells me, everyone on this planet likes to pretend that he or she is unique and different" (Coville 13). Pleskit went to an Earth training module, but I guess they didn't tell him everything about the people on Earth.
I really liked the parts in the book when Tim followed Pleskit around trying to become his friend, and when they finally did meet, they got along. I was happy to read this because at the beginning of the story Tim doesn't have many friends and then he has a friend and I am happy for him. Everyone needs a friend that they can count on. Tim finally got this. "Pleskit. I've got to make friends with him before he thinks we all hate him"(Coville 82).
I was confused at the end about how Mikta-makta-mookta and Harr-giss were trying to break down Pleskit's training modules to make him mess up and have to go back home. Was this to make his father's job go down the drain or just put it on a rocky start? "'Senator Hargis is an alien'" (Coville 159).
I really enjoyed this book. I am like Tim in some ways. I love aliens and the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I have seen it about as many times as he has. I think anyone that likes aliens or has an interest in science fiction and/or myths would like this book. I was a Sixth Grade Alien is for kids in grades five through seven. It was a pretty easy book to read. I enjoyed every part and the end kept me on my toes. I didn't want to put it down at times.

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Summary: Not as good as Rod Allbright, but interesting
Review: The novel "I was a Sixth Grade Alien" by Bruce Coville was an excellent book. It deals witht he character of Pleskit who is new to Earth, who befriends an American boy. Somethings are surprising. The class Pleskit goes to doesn't really care that Pleskit is an alien. A few kids switch out of class. If this really happened, everyone would be more excited. Also, when the Earth kid saves the day by barfing from alien food(yes, it's a long story), he acts like he's not even glad he ate the alien food. If that hadn't happened, his life would have been screwed up, as well as Pleskit's! The story does keep you and catches your eye. Kudos for that.

Rating:
Summary: Not as good as Rod Allbright, but interesting
Review: The novel "I was a Sixth Grade Alien" by Bruce Coville was an excellent book. It deals witht he character of Pleskit who is new to Earth, who befriends an American boy. Somethings are surprising. The class Pleskit goes to doesn't really care that Pleskit is an alien. A few kids switch out of class. If this really happened, everyone would be more excited. Also, when the Earth kid saves the day by barfing from alien food(yes, it's a long story), he acts like he's not even glad he ate the alien food. If that hadn't happened, his life would have been screwed up, as well as Pleskit's! The story does keep you and catches your eye. Kudos for that.

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Summary: Cheesy but bearable
Review: This would have been decent (for an alien book) if it didn't happen to have such a colloquial voice. The plot was a tad bit cheesy but most of the time it was bearable. Then one of the main characters would say some completely idiotic and almost teenage remark and I would practically throw up. I do not recommend this book to anybody who likes good literature and an interesting story line. However, if you like alien books and you don't mind bad literature, maybe this is a good book for you. I have a wonderful friend who thinks this book is fabulous (I have no idea why). I hope you make a good decision! :)

Rating:
Summary: Cheesy but bearable
Review: This would have been decent (for an alien book) if it didn't happen to have such a colloquial voice. The plot was a tad bit cheesy but most of the time it was bearable. Then one of the main characters would say some completely idiotic and almost teenage remark and I would practically throw up. I do not recommend this book to anybody who likes good literature and an interesting story line. However, if you like alien books and you don't mind bad literature, maybe this is a good book for you. I have a wonderful friend who thinks this book is fabulous (I have no idea why). I hope you make a good decision! :)

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Summary: Highly amusing, written like a 10 yr. old would think.
Review: Very comical, the author has the ability to think like a kid, yet write with the sophistication of an adult. The illustrations are a superb match, funny, yet sophisticated and highly detailed. The combination succeeds where most works wouldn't, as art gives way to speed in the mass-market system that is publishing. The characters are believable, and quickly develope personality and style, and the setting lives in 50's alien pop-culture while adding a modern twist. The story is also kid-friendly, no blood and gore, just the occasional burp (for communication purposes, of course!). A wonderful way for a kid to learn that friendship between two uniquely different people can be a fun and educational experience for both.