School Library Journal Review
Gr 2-3-Fans of the author's "Zack Files" series (Grosset & Dunlap) will be delighted with this fast-paced science-fiction adventure that's full of goofy humor. Klatu and his brother and sister have mistakenly crashed their spaceship into the Nevada desert. Hilarious dialogue among the space aliens and the humans they meet follows as Ploo is captured and taken to an army base for study. Klatu and Lek use all the tricks at their disposal to retrieve her, including morphing into human form and chewing English-language gum to communicate with the earthlings. Ploo is rescued by a human girl who proves herself less prejudiced than her adult counterparts. The text is peppered with funny, easily "translated" alien vocabulary, and the large print and short declarative sentences will be accessible to emerging readers. The book even sneaks in an antismoking message and a short history lesson. Readers will not be able to resist these appealing googly-eyed extraterrestrials with distinct personalities, and the gentle subliminal message that being different is not necessarily bad or scary is welcome. This is a perfect book for those who are beyond easy readers but not yet ready for intermediate fiction.-Quinby Frank, formerly at Green Hedges School, Vienna, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
In Dude, after three alien siblings (Klatu, Lek, and Ploo) crash-land near a top-secret base in Nevada, Ploo is captured by the army, and her brothers must rescue her. In Lost, the trio heads for Las Vegas to find a woman named Jo-Jo to repair their spacecraft. Though far-fetched, these simple, humorous texts, illustrated with cartoon art, will please UFO fanatics. [Review includes these titles: Dude, Where's My Spaceship? and Lost in Las Vegas.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
