I Was a Sixth Grade Alien
Written by Bruce Coville
Narrated by William Dufris
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About this audiobook
I WAS A SIXTH GRADE ALIEN is the first book in a 12-book series.
Bruce Coville
Bruce Coville grew up around the corner from his grandparents' dairy farm, where he spent a great deal of time dodging cows (and chores) and reading voraciously. He has been a toymaker, a gravedigger, a cookware salesman, an assembly line worker, a magazine editor, and an elementary school teacher. Bruce's books have appeared in more than a dozen countries and have sold more than sixteen million copies. Among his most popular titles are My Teacher Is an Alien; Into the Land of Unicorns; and Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. He is also the founder of Full Cast Audio, an award-winning audio book company specializing in family listening (www.fullcastaudio.com). October is Bruce's favorite month, so he is especially delighted that Always October is his 100th book. He lives in Syracuse, New York.
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Reviews for I Was a Sixth Grade Alien
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In I Was a Sixth Grade Alien aliens have made contact with humanity and are sending an ambassador to establish communication and trade. The ambassador has a young son that he wants to attend school on Earth, and so Pleskit, purple-skinned with a tentacle on his head, joins Ms. Weintraub’s sixth grade class. While it is scary for some students and parents, Tim Tompkins, a slightly nerdy boy who loves science fiction books, is overjoyed. At least he is until it becomes clear that Pleskit is so swamped with attention that it seems to Tim like he won’t ever be able to talk with his alien classmate.The story is told from an alternating viewpoint, shifting back and forth between Tim and Pleskit, a technique used quite effectively by Coville to illustrate both character's confusion at the unfamiliar things they confront when dealing with each other and their respective cultures. The shifting viewpoint also allows Coville to convey information to the reader necessary to the story without it being apparent to all the characters, preserving the confusion each character feels for much of the book. For his part, Pleskit can’t seem to figure out humans as his study materials seem to have led him astray and he makes several missteps causing public relations disasters for his father. Tim, on the other hand, has to engage in a devious plot just to realize his dream of talking to his alien classmate. Of course, as this is a Bruce Coville story, both are plagued by a bully (in this book, an overbearing rich kid named Jordan). Eventually the two meet up and the book moves on to the mystery of Pleskit’s misleading study materials.Of course, it turns out that Pleskit’s troubles have been intentionally caused, and the two boys seek to unravel the mystery of who would do such a thing. This, unfortunately, is the weak part of the book, as the mystery is solved (by accident) almost as soon as it becomes part of the story. The story does stick to what seems to be a recurring theme in Coville’s work, as the civilized, diverse, peace-loving aliens are contrasted with the xenophobic, barbaric and violent humans. In this book, these impulses take the form of the rabble rousing Senator Hargis and the yellow journalist Kitty James. In the end, the villain’s plot is revealed (and the aliens don’t turn out to be a completely honorable bunch) , and the forces of xenophobia are discredited to a certain extent. I Was a Sixth Grade Alien is the first book in a multi-book series featuring Pleskit and Tim Tompkins, and it is a decent beginning that should be a fun read for a fifth or sixth grader.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Another book I read as a kid, though this one doesnt stand the test of time quiet as well. Weird and fun alien story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I've picked up this one due to curiousity of the title and the cover itself. I never thought I ended up liking this book instead! When the new kid in school happens to be an alien and almost everybody discriminate him, Things get worse when everything seems to go wrong and mean for our alien hero just because he is an alien. or is it? in all of this mess he found a human friend, Tim.As much as I like this book, It's pretty much annoying to know the slow movement of this book! It takes a long time, regardless the funny and the interesting parts of the first 3/4 of the book is, to get to the real adventure to begin. Nevertheless, that was a very absorbing book.