false <![CDATA[The Doom Machine]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1246022286m/6508964.jpg 6508964 1 When a spaceship lands in Vern Hollow, Jack's hometown, he and his no-account inventor-uncle Bud are busy trying to fix a car driven by Dr. Shumway and her daughter, Isadora. Although Uncle Bud secretly knows the aliens are after one of his inventions, everyone is surprised when the space aliens capture seven of Vern Hollow's residents and take them into outer space on a wild adventure. . . . After a series of twists and turns, all of them are taken to Skreepia, the aliens' planet, where they have to defeat the Skreep queen before she can use Uncle Bud's invention to take over planet Earth. Filled with wonderful detail, humor, inventive dialog, and irresistible black-and-white spot art, THE DOOM MACHINE is a tour de force by one of America's most beloved storytellers. Readers will be caught up in the page-turning action, while at the same time they will love Mark's beautifully drawn evil space aliens--and an unlikely friendship between Jack and Isadora, who seem to have nothing in common at the beginning of the tale. As with the best science fiction, this novel speeds along without a hitch, and carries readers off into a brand-new world. A fantastic and accessible read for middle graders. 6700655 book 1 10 2009 Doom Machine total:22|5:1|4:9|3:7|2:4|1:1| 22 71 106 11 4 0 false false Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 23 05:47:23 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 28 08:04:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 14:52:31 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 14:55:14 -0700 2009
Too many characters, strange plot. I was...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 14:59:40 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 15:02:10 -0800 2009
Really not much to say except that I very much enjoyed it and think that fans of sci-fi will enjoy all the...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 13:47:10 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 13:56:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 08:15:15 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 08:15:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 19:50:41 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 19:52:47 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jul 18 07:08:56 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 07:09:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 09:57:58 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 13:42:40 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Nov 08 09:55:18 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 13:15:17 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Oct 07 17:51:48 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 07:24:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 17:37:35 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 30 12:32:38 -0800 2009
Surprisingly good hard sci-fi from an author best known for being a picture book illustrator.

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