Rex, A. (2009). The true meaning of Smekday. New
York: Disney-Hyperion
Books.
This exciting story is told in essay format, to be put
in a time capsule and opened after one hundred years. The main character is
eleven-year-old Gratuity Tucci, a.k.a. Tip, who must survive on her own after
her mother is abducted by aliens. The aliens arrive and take over the Earth,
which they call Smekland after their leader, Captain Smek. Christmas, the day
of the aliens’ arrival on Earth, is renamed "Smekday".
On "Moving Day",
all humans are required to relocate to Florida. Tip decides to drive herself instead
of being moved by the aliens. She soon meets an alien, J.Lo. J.Lo is actually
really friendly and the two become friends. They two eventually find out they
cannot go to Florida anymore and need to go to Arizona. In this cross-country
journey, they run into all sorts of entertaining problems. Ultimately, the aliens
are trying to completely take over, and it is up to Tip and J.Lo to find Tip's
mother and save the world.
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