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Andy and the Alien by Francine Pascal, Molly Mia Stewart, Ying-Hwa Hu

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I think this one does a good job of replicating the kind of contagious fear that kids fall prey to, although I do wish that the teacher did a better job of calling out the bullying behaviour towards Andy. I actually preferred the sub-plot of the field day sports, because of the rush of nostalgia associated with three-legged races, sack races and so forth. I could almost smell the hessian sacks!
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