By Adam Rex
The True Meaning of Smekday is about not one but two alien invasions. First aliens called the Boov arrive and try to join in and live with the humans. After lots of fighting the Boov decided to move all of humans in the US to Arizona. It is told in an essay format and entered in to a competition. Gratuity (the main character) wrote the essay as an assignment for school and then it would be entered into a competition. The winning essay would be put in a time capsule that would pen up in 100 years. Gratuity writes about her experience as she goes through the invasions and makes unusual friends to help her save the day. If you have ever seen the kids movie Home, you will realize quickly that Home was based off of this book. It is very similar, but as the book goes on you notice it drifts away from the plot of Home.
Yeah... while the premises are similar, I think this book had a lot more character than the movie.(And better characters.) Also, the plot made a whole lot more sense. Just saying. But nice review. This is a amusing book to read.
ReplyDeletesounds good! I didn't know home was based on a book.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a really good plot.
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