This book is the Men in Black for this generation and age group. What would you do if you were shipped off to the Northwest to your Grandmother's Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast just to find out that her clientele were Tourists from other planets? This is Scrub's problem when he arrives in a taxi cab without knowing what the summer and the Bed and Breakfast have in store for him.
The story is your regular adventure/sci-fi/coming-of-age tale where a boy learns how to be a leader and problem solve only his problems deal with visiting aliens and not wanting the local authorities to find out who his Grandmother's visitors are. The story doesn't drag and you do care to see Scrub save the hotel from any danger it might get itself into. A sequel is due out next summer and while this tale wraps up nicely, I think the narrator and the setting warrants another story.
Interest level: Grades 3-6 Intended reading level: 4th Grade
Genre: Sci-fi, fiction, coming-of-age
First in a series--not yet released
Comparable titles: Nerd Camp, Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Book connections: intergalactic passport, bed and breakfast pamphlet, vegan cookbook, camping guide
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