tcbueti's review
5.0
I read this a while ago, after having ordered it, and it was hysterical. Deborah struggles with the usual middle school stuff--a boy friend who might be a boyfriend, nasty girls putting other people down, making the math challenge team--oh, and being a human-eating alien. Deborah is bummed when her parents tell her that instead of her usual feeding on random humans this Halloween (when their normally-hidden tentacles don't stand out), she will have to show her commitment to their impending invasion and eat her best friend, Willy. And just when she was starting to think of him as more than just a friend!
Deborah's smart and sassy voice adds the humor this potentially grim scenario needs. Being an alien stands in for feeling like a misfit, and her parents' controlling maneuvers, including lying about her dietary needs, chafe Deborah just as parental control bugs most kids. Will Deborah follow the family rules and betray her friend?
Fun and silly, but with lots to talk about.
Deborah's smart and sassy voice adds the humor this potentially grim scenario needs. Being an alien stands in for feeling like a misfit, and her parents' controlling maneuvers, including lying about her dietary needs, chafe Deborah just as parental control bugs most kids. Will Deborah follow the family rules and betray her friend?
Fun and silly, but with lots to talk about.
regferk's review
2.0
I have to admit that this one was not my favorite. It would have probably been better as something other than a dinner time read.
maevereads's review
4.0
This was one of my favorite books when I was younger! I think I read this when I was about 11 or 12, and I have definitely reread it so many time since then. It will always be one of my favorites.
erine's review
3.0
This book reminded me vaguely of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but for kids and a more two-dimensional. It's a quirky story about a scouting party of aliens who are supposed to prepare for the rest of the alien race to invade and conquer Earth. It wasn't a bad read.
Readers who enjoy aliens should get a kick out of the alien species that eats people with their tentacles. Readers who appreciate a little humor might enjoy Deborah's growth squirts (sorry) or the corpse-bridey wedding on Halloween. And of course, the universal theme of just wanting to do what everyone else is doing (in this case, eating a plain old hamburger instead of a human) would apply to most everyone.
Aliens. Potty humor.
Readers who enjoy aliens should get a kick out of the alien species that eats people with their tentacles. Readers who appreciate a little humor might enjoy Deborah's growth squirts (sorry) or the corpse-bridey wedding on Halloween. And of course, the universal theme of just wanting to do what everyone else is doing (in this case, eating a plain old hamburger instead of a human) would apply to most everyone.
Aliens. Potty humor.
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