The chapters talked about our suspicions regarding Ellico vec Bur, the strange two-part being who’d arrived on the same ship with Maktel to visit Pleskit’s Fatherly One, Meenom Ventrah. The pages we finished covered the first half of the story, beginning from the time Maktel arrived on Earth from Hevi-Hevi for a visit with Pleskit and started driving me nuts. The weird thing is, sometimes I almost wish I were. If I were, I might be in her situation right now. On the other hand, given what happened to Linnsy, maybe it’s just as well I’m not all that mature. I was completely honest about how upset I was when Pleskit’s friend Maktel came to Earth for a visit, but I’m afraid I didn’t sound very mature. I would have liked more time to work on my chapters. Judge Wingler’s assistant came in a while ago to pick up the material we had already written, all the chapters telling how we first got involved in what the galactic media are calling “The Earth-Based Catastrophe That Nearly Ended Life as We Know It.” It didn't take us long to read this one, and I'm already looking for the other books in the series.Chapter 1: : Stowaways CHAPTER 1 STOWAWAYS This is something that should be normalized in books, and it allows for natural conversation about a topic some parents don't know how to address.Īliens Ate My Homework had a solid story with interesting characters. My son didn't seem at all concerned or confused about a character wanting to be referred to as it instead of he or she, and I immediately started highlighting sentences in the book so I could show my husband later. I thought Rod asking which pronoun Tar Gibbons preferred was brilliant. 'Not as rude as calling me a he or a she,' it said. 'That seems pretty rude,' I said nervously.

'It will do just fine,' said Tar Gibbons. 'Just tell me what pronoun to use when I'm talking about him. 'Actually, it's more like a pippik than anything.' 'Is that more like a boy or more like a girl?' However, Coville does address something that was uncommon for the 90's (the book was first published in 1993). Oftentimes the parents are gone with no explanation, and I think we need to normalize single parent families. It has to do with his father leaving and broken promises, which I believe should be talked about more in children's books. While I understood Rod's aversion to lying, I wish his reasoning had been expanded on more. I'm happy to report that we both really enjoyed the story! Rod is a relatable character that finds himself in a very unbelievable situation, which is made even more difficult by his inability to lie. I stumbled across Aliens Ate My Homework at a used book store and thought it would be a fun book to read with my son.

Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville