I Lost My Grandfather's Brain

Sixth Grade Alien #3

by Bruce Coville, Paul B. Davies (Illustrator)

In this third installment of the "I Was a Sixth Grade Alien" series, Pleskit, the first alien to go to school on Earth, has lost his grandfather's brain. And if he doesn't find it, none of his other problems will matter, because his life won't be worth a plug skeelrag! Library edition. Unabridged.

Genres: Science Fiction, Childrens, Humor, Fantasy

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Bruce Coville was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1950. His family lived in farm territory, about twenty miles north of Syracuse. Bruce grew up around the corner from his grandparents' dairy farm, where he spent a great deal of time as a child, dodging cows and chores to the best of his ability. As a young reader he loved Mary Poppins and Dr. Dolittle, and still has fond memories of rising ahead of the rest of his family so he could huddle in a chair and read THE VOYAGES OF DR. DOLITTLE. He also read lots of things that people consider junk (Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and zillions of comic books). His only real regret is the time he spent watching television, when he could have been reading instead. (A mind is a terrible thing to waste!)

His first book, THE FOOLISH GIANT, was published in 1978. It was illustrated by his wife, Katherine, whom he had married in 1969. This was followed in 1979 by SARAH'S UNICORN, also illustrated by Katherine. After a long period of working separately, the Covilles began collaborating again with SPACE BRAT and GOBLINS IN THE CASTLE, both published in 1992.

Before getting published Bruce earned his living as a toymaker, a gravedigger, a cookware salesman, an assembly line worker, and finally as an elementary school teacher (second and fourth grades). He left teaching in 1981 to devote himself to becoming a full time writer - though it took another five years to achieve that goal!)

Bruce has published over 100 books, which have appeared in over a dozen countries around the world and sold more than sixteen million copies. Among his most popular titles are MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN, INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS, and THE MONSTER'S RING. In 2001 he founded Full Cast Audio, an audiobook company dedicated to creating unabridged, full cast recordings of the best in children's and young adult literature.

Reviews

[Kressel Housman]

A continuation of the Pleskit-Tim series in which the two friends are fighting, a real-life and relevant subject that kids should read about. The trouble is that Tim also gets his first crush in this book, which may be perfectly normal for a sixth grader in public school, but inappropriate reading for my yeshiva boys. The next book in the series, Peanut Butter Lover Boy, is even worse in that department, which is a great disappointment. My kids love the series, and I must say, Pleskit, Tim, and bodyguard McNally are on par with Peter Thompson as likable characters even though the books are not quite as good (though darned close.)