School Library Journal Review
Gr 2-5-Michael K. and space aliens Jen, Bob, and Major Fluffy (former class hamster) continue their quest to save the world by getting 3.14 million kids to sign up on the spaceheadz website. This time Jen's dramatic reaction to a blob of blueberry yogurt causes electromagnetic chaos and leads AAA Agent Umber to P.S. 858. Two of Michael K.'s tech-savvy classmates, Venus and TJ, join in to help beef up the website and run the kindergarten production of "Little Red Riding Hood," while Umber tries to find the aliens using one crazy disguise after another. Jen and Bob are the hyper and exhausting kind of aliens, speaking in advertising slogans and ready to use WWF moves at the drop of a hat, which makes sense, since it turns out that they are about five years old in Spaceheadz years. The book includes new websites plus updates to the originals and odd bits of information about camouflage and mimicry. Buy where Book #1 (S & S, 2010) is popular.-Mara Alpert, Los Angeles Public Library (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Fifth-grader Michael K. is still trying to keep the alien agents' identities on the down-low in order to protect them from Anti-Alien Agent Umber; he's also trying to recruit more kids to his cause of helping save the world. Funny, fast-paced, and full of goofy pop-culture references, the second series entry will entertain Scieszka's fans and the not-yet-converted. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
his quest to find the aliens in or near Brooklyn PS 858. Michael K. has some help in new friends Venus and TJ, but the whole group has to act as Big Buddies to the kindergarteners and help with their class play, while Spaceheadz General Accounting has given them one hour to get 1 million new Spaceheadz (thank goodness one Spaceheadz hour equals 700 Earth hours). Can they boost recruitment without giving themselves away? Will Agent Umber ever succeed at anything? Will the plumbing at PS 858 survive the surplus World War II rations the kids all eat? The second volume in Scieszka and Prigmore's nutty, antic series offers more goofy fun with some pretty obvious setup for episode three. The integrated websites will be updated and supplemented to extend the laughs. CLINICALLY PROVEN entertainment for fans old and new! (Fiction. 7-10)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
This follow-up to Spaceheadz (2010) continues the adventures of fifth-grader Michael K. and the influx of aliens, named in the title, who pose as students. The joke-filled, intentionally disjointed, postmodern narration eventually involves the Spaceheadz in a kindergarten play. Bumbling Agent Umber, who fancies himself a master of disguise, pursues the SPHDZ, and along the way, sidebars offer witty facts on the natural and manmade worlds of camouflage. Lots of humor leads this multiplatform effort with links to Web sites that are sure to expand the series' fan base.--Morning, Todd Copyright 2010 Booklist