My Life as Alien Monster Bait

The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle #2

by Bill Myers, Jeff Mangiat (Illustrator)

Wally's pride gets out of control when he is chosen by a movie company to be in a film they are making, and discovers the cost of true friendship and God's desire for humility.

Genres: Christian, Fiction, Humor, Christian Fiction, Childrens, Middle Grade, Juvenile

120 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1993

About the author

Bill Myers was born into a Christian home, and although as a child he became bored with Christianity, he decided at the University of Washington quote, to "make God my boss." Ironically, at the University his worst subject was writing. He claims to have prayed, and said that he would be able to do anything for God, except write. Even so, he has become a prominent Christian writer, and has a large amount of successful books and films to his credit.

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another zany, kid-friendly read from the awesome Christian writer, Bill Myers.

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

See my review of the other edition.

[Randy Tramp · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Hollyweird” comes to Middletown! Wally’s a superstar! A movie company has chosen our hero to be eaten by their mechanical “Mutant from Mars!” It’s a close race as to which will consume Wally first – the disaster-plagued special-effects “monster” or his own out-of-control pride … until he learns the cost of true friendship and of God’s command for humility.

I love this kid - Wally. He reminds me of my boys. Always thinking of mischief. Or was it just having fun? Probably somewhere in-between. Wally's adventures with sprinkles of the Bible made this an incredible read.

[Leanne Humphrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wally McDoogle’s life is fun, hectic, crazy, and relatable for young teens. Love them all.

[Luis MacDonald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loving this character a lot! Great message!

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad, I remember my brother liking this series a long time ago

[Jill Williamson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sludge Productions has come to Middletown to make a movie. Wally McDoogle tries out for the role of screamer and nabs the part. Then everything changes. His identity shifts from Dorkoid to famous actor. Everyone wants to be his best friend, including the beautiful and popular Melissa Sue. But that’s not the worst of it. His teacher, his brothers, even his dad are all sucked in by Wally’s stardom, and they all want something. Can Wally please everyone? Or will he succumb to all the attention by turning his back on his best friends?

Bill Myers has created a wonderful character in Wally McDoogle. He is funny, sarcastic, and gets into everyday mischief that we can all relate to. In this volume, Wally, a writer, is working on the story of Brawn, James Brawn and his attempts to stop the evil villain Lizard Lips from stealing all the commercials from Hollyweird. Myers uses this quirky character to show that being famous isn’t so great after all. All younger teens will enjoy the laughs in this book.

[Joelendil · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just started reading the Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle series to my children, and they are enjoying them as much as I did when I was kid. These aren't literary masterpieces, but they are a lot of fun. The first person narration by Wally (I self-styled "dork-oid") is lightly sarcastic (even satirical), the plots are rather slapstick, and every book has a cheesy superhero story thrown in for good measure (Wally wants to be a screenwriter). This author hits his stride in this second book in the series (and I seem to remember enjoying them at least as far as book 6 before they started getting too predictable and reusing the same gags). Now, the main point of the books is to teach godly behavior/character so the author basically beats you over the head with the moral...but he does it in a fun way.

[Kyra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I probably should explain why I rate these a five. All though the situations are very far fetched, I still love reading them. They are a quick, light read, and I enjoy reading them.

[Blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably a little better than the first book.

[The Brothers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Asher (7yo) read. "I liked the story, but it was too long and didn't have any pictures.

(I think we'll wait till he's a bit older before letting him tackle the next one. -ed.)

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fun Wally McDoogle story! I love the new illustrations.