Alienated
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Aliens are among us, and eighth-graders Gene and Vince regularly report on their existence via the Globe, their weekly tabloid. Most readers don’t take the articles seriously, but when the pair outs the school guidance counselor as a closet alien, their story gets a lot of attention—of the wrong kind. Gene and Vince are suddenly at the center of an intergalactic conflict, one that could be the death of their friendship—and of the boys themselves.
Ample humor and inventive storytelling make for a hilarious, surprising adventure that will keep readers glued to every page.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Auseon (Jo-Jo and the Fiendish Lot), working from a concept by screenwriter/director Russell, turns in a wacky but underwhelming tale of aliens, friendship and young love. Gene, an excitable eighth-grader whose fingerprints are falling off, and Vince, his bookish best friend, run the Globe, a newsweekly that profiles the aliens hiding out among us. They get this info by pilfering the address book of Gene's cousin Fred, who knows all of the local aliens, but they don't realize that their newsletter is attracting the attention of powerful aliens. These include a local high school guidance counselor named Walter, who is actually the nephew of the malevolent alien Vargon. And worse, he's the good guy, on the run from something even more threatening. Auseon hits some nice, zany notes the descriptions of some classmates are great (one hyperactive kid at a football game "tackled the homecoming queen, just because no one had stopped him in time"), as are the alien powers. But the story devolves into a silly mess without providing either serious character moments or truly memorable humor. Ages 8 12.
