Book Description:
Crop circles magically appear in Farmer Johnson’s field. A mysterious light sweeps over the night sky and awakens Farmer Johnson and Gilbert, the boy next door.
Curious, Gilbert ventures out to discover the source of the light and stumbles into a beautiful Martian girl sitting in a crop circle. Farmer Johnson also investigates the strange light, and thinking that Gilbert and Aoléon are vandals, he chases them. But they sprint to Aoléon’s saucer and escape only to be pursued by the U.S. Air Force.
Gilbert has never been attacked by swarms of giant killer robots. Never met strange aliens from other worlds. Never skyboarded across a megalopolis hidden deep inside an extinct volcano. Never trekked across a vast Martian desert. And never been eaten alive by a gigantic slor (well, almost never, unless you count Billy the fat bully at school).
And luckily, he has never ever confronted an evil ruler of Mars bent on conquering the Earth to steal its cows.
Never…until now!
This may be the adventure Gilbert always wished for.
If only he can survive.
My Thoughts:
I remember looking up at the stars as a young child and wondering what existed beyond our world. I still believe other forms of life must exist in far off galaxies. Somewhere it seems there must be a planet similar in nature to our own that can sustain life in some form. Haven’t we all wondered what life must look like on other planets? We may not ponder this question often as adults, but as children the unknown fascinates us. This book will speak to those children who wonder what might exist outside of our world.
Part One of this book, (the only part I was given to review), is full of action and adventure. The story begins with a young boy staring into a telescope, wishing to get away from his feuding parents and wondering why the crop circles were forming in wheat fields in Nebraska. As the boy stares out into the sky he notices an object moving quickly toward him, followed by a bright light at a nearby farm. His adventure begins when he encounters a Martian who takes him on a fast paced spin around the globe while the United States Air Force pursues the space ship at record speeds.
The rapid chase is followed by a journey to the aliens home on Mars where the sheer advancement of technology make the young boy’s head spin in amazement.
The book includes colorful illustrations that appear to be computer generated. They add a comic book like effect to the story that helps the reader envision the alien, the chase around the globe and the Martian homeland. The images of the planets and moons as seen from outer space definitely help the reader feel like they are flying.
I think most children would love to read this book. You never know what a young Nebraska farmhand is going to encounter next on Mars and the speed at which this story moves is certain to capture their interest.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book for free, but the opinions I have expressed are my own.