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"This is the first in a terrific new series for both boys and girls. Packed with some hilarious illustrations and the story itself is a real page-turner. ... full of humour and pace which is sure to appeal to even the most reluctant of readers." -- Lovereading4kids, September 2010
"First in a terrific new series for both boys and girls. Packed with some hilarious illustrations and the story itself is a real page-turner. ... full of humour and pace which is sure to appeal to even the most reluctant of readers." --Lovereading4kids, September 2010
"Imagine My Step Parents are Aliens colliding with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole ... This funny tale, underscored with some cracking cartoons is a great laugh, especially for those with typically schoolboy humour." --Carousel, March 2011
"The humour is well balanced, infectiously funny, and more importantly relevant. ... Dear teacher or librarian ... put this book in a prominent position on the shelf ... It is like reading a child's version of Douglas Adams "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" and anyone reading it will be affected by it - on some level. It might even open their mind..." --Just Imagine Story Centre, July 2011
"First in a terrific new series for both boys and girls. Packed with some hilarious illustrations and the story itself is a real page-turner. ... full of humour and pace which is sure to appeal to even the most reluctant of readers." --Lovereading4kids, September 2010
"Imagine My Step Parents are Aliens colliding with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole ... This funny tale, underscored with some cracking cartoons is a great laugh, especially for those with typically schoolboy humour." --Carousel, March 2011
"The humour is well balanced, infectiously funny, and more importantly relevant. ... Dear teacher or librarian ... put this book in a prominent position on the shelf ... It is like reading a child's version of Douglas Adams "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" and anyone reading it will be affected by it - on some level. It might even open their mind..." --Just Imagine Story Centre, July 2011
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Flowkwee is on a mission - he has to disguise himself as a schoolboy and spy on young earthlings, in order to help his father with his research. Here are his letters to his best friend, in which he tells him all about his adventures. He describes the strange earthlings who have only one head, two peepers, and no aerials, lights, whirlers or even winkers! He has to wear things called clothes because the earthlings can't be bothered to grow fur. And he discovers the fool-proof way to catch earthlings is to tell them to follow a sign saying `Free ice cream!' Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
!YOBLOOHCS NEILA(read backwards),
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This review is from: Letters from an Alien Schoolboy (Paperback)
Flowkwee, the alien schoolboy, is helping his father improve earthlings. Flowkwee has to disguise as a human being. The mechanical machine which they call the 'improver' is very large, very magical and very clever. The illustrations of the threggs made my daddy and me laugh. Flowkwee makes friends with a girl called Susan (for a while, Flowkee thinks Susan is a boy!) who calls Flowkwee Nigel because Nigel is his human name.I liked this book a lot and it is very funny. It's got a few alien words that are quite hard to read. I liked the sound of this story, my daddy discovered it on Amazon. When I read the last word in the book, I instantly thought to myself that this is one of my favourite stories. This is a long book but I just really wanted to read more and more every evening. I brought this book in for book week at school and I gave very good comments on it. (That's why I've given it five stars!) My book was very different to the others in the class. I've never really had a book like this, but I am happy that my daddy gave it to me. From my point of view, I think this is a VERY VERY good book and also I recommend this book for 5/6 year-olds and over (I'm 7). I read this book to myself every evening and I was sorry to finish it. Great book and if anybody is going to buy it, please enjoy reading this amazing story.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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'Fatooling' Good Fun,
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Flowkwee is an alien who finds life on Earth confusing, funny and perplexing, feelings that human children can also identify with. The family's alien names are all pleasingly reminiscent of bodily functions, but their Earth names are not quite as ridiculous as they first seem when you consider what people call their children nowadays. The family disguise themselves as earthlings and try and go about everyday life, despite having to give up two heads, all their antennae and deal with complex issues like how to wear underwear.This is a funny, lively book that my seven year old really enjoyed. The invented language was challenging at first but then really got her imagination going, and she was delighted by the illustrations. The themes of fitting in and dealing with life's every day, annoying problems are ones that both parents and children can enjoy.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Very funny!,
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Flowkwee is on a mission with one set of his parents (he appears to have 3 sets), to investigate earth, and pick up some human samples. His task is to infiltrate a school, as a schoolboy, trying to hide his vastly advanced knowledge. Unfortunately they arrived 50 years later than anticipated, and with a very sketchy understanding of human behaviour and customs.This is a really entertaining book, which looks at just how silly some of the things we do might appear. I got this for my 7 year old son, who liked the idea of reading about aliens. Before this, the only paperbacks he had read were Horrid Henry books. When this arrived, he was initially put off by some of the difficult "alien" words in the first chapter. However, I sat down and read the first chapter to him, he then took the book and was off. He read the rest of the book by himself. It took him just over a week, reading about a chapter each evening. He loved reading it, and found it very funny, frequently bringing me a page to show me the funniest bits! His 11 year old brother also read it (in two hours), and thought it was really funny. I finally got my hands back on the book after both of them. I definitely recommend this . Its a great book for getting kids into paperbacks. Its also one of those books which makes you think at the end.
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