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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1194366.The_True_Meaning_of_Smekday?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The True Meaning of Smekday" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191468224m/1194366.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1194366.The_True_Meaning_of_Smekday?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The True Meaning of Smekday</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11137.Adam_Rex">Adam Rex</a><br/><br/>
  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14305182?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>This book is actually a very very long essay written by Middle School student Gratuity Tucci for a contest, the winning essay of which will be placed in a time capsule to be opened in 100 years - in 2113.  In it, Gratuity (Tip to her friends) describes the invasion of the Boov and the subsequent relocation of all humans to Florida (and then to Arizona, as the Boov decide they want Florida for themselves).  Tip's mother was taken by the aliens early on, and so 12-year-old Tip takes her cat and drives (yes, drives) off in search of her.  Early on, she meets up with a stray handyman Boov, who reengineers her car to fly.  Gradually, Tip and the Boov, who calls himself J.Lo, become uneasy friends and allies, as they avoid the Boov, meet all sorts of strange humans, and then find themselves dealing with an even more fearsome set of aliens, the Gorg.  
<br/>This is an extremely funny book - the dialogue, whether tongue-in-cheek or absolutely outrageous, is snappy and Tip and J.Lo are both loveable, if often irascible and just plain nuts.  J.Lo speaks English with a distinctly Boovian and very ludicrous accent - when he first meets Tip and is bluffing her, he says, "Then...then...I will have onto shoot with my gun!"  and when that doesn't work, he tries "NO GUN! So I will have to...have to...SHOOT FORTH THE LASERS FROM MY EYEBALLS!"  Tip carries around an antique polaroid camera, and so the book is illustrated with drawings depicting the polaroids, messily taped into the book.
<br/>First-rate, tip-top SF for all ages - Read This Book!!
  <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/633929?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>

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bookshelves: children, science-fiction

This book is actually a very very long essay written by Middle School student Gratuity Tucci for a contest, the winning essay of which will be placed in a time capsule to be opened in 100 years - in 2113. In it, Gratuity (Tip to her friends) describes the invasion of the Boov and the subsequent relocation of all humans to Florida (and then to Arizona, as the Boov decide they want Florida for themselves). Tip's mother was taken by the aliens early on, and so 12-year-old Tip takes her cat and drives (yes, drives) off in search of her. Early on, she meets up with a stray handyman Boov, who reengineers her car to fly. Gradually, Tip and the Boov, who calls himself J.Lo, become uneasy friends and allies, as they avoid the Boov, meet all sorts of strange humans, and then find themselves dealing with an even more fearsome set of aliens, the Gorg.
This is an extremely funny book - the dialogue, whether tongue-in-cheek or absolutely outrageous, is snappy and Tip and J.Lo are both loveabl...more

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