Spaceheadz | Jon Scieszka & Francesco Sedita
Michael K.'s knew his first day of fifth grade in a new school in a new town would probably be weird. But not this weird. He's stuck sitting with the other new kids in school, who eat pencils and question the simplest things, like why they need to raise their hand or line up for recess. And they talk funny, repeating the lines of commercials and insisting that he can do anything. They tell him that they're aliens from another planet who need to turn 3.14 million Earth people into SPHDZ. It would certainly explain their strange behavior, but ailens don't exist, right?
I was really into this book, even if it won't make my working shortlist. I liked the mix of graphics and irregular font, with the repeated use of the SPHDZ logo. I liked that it had a certain sense of humor, without needing to resort to booger and fart jokes. I'm still not certain I follow the thread of the story as to what exactly a SPHDZ is, even after visiting the website and pledging over my brainwaves. I'd like to think there is some sort of anti-commercialism message, but I'd continue following the series even if it weren't. Serendiptiously, the boyfriend and I watched this on Netflix streaming last night:
Posted on Saturday, Nov 27, 2010
