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My Teacher Flunked the Planet (2005)

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1416903313 (ISBN13: 9781416903314)
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Finally a gem. After three books that were so-so the ending turns out to be worth it somewhat. I still wish he had been a bit more realistic with his aliens. Still, this one is really a three and half stars. For kids probably a four to five stars as the main idea of the book is expressed very well and I find the ideas of the book still, buzzing in my head.Peter narrators this book. Peter is the stongest narrator and has the last two books. I liked the ideas in this fourth installment. A good message for kids to think about. Problem is that while the idea was somewhat present in the frist three books it wasn't enough to overcome the basic flaws of how poor the science ideas were in the books. At least for me a former sci-fi nut.

First, this front cover, while cool, is misleading. While the story appeared to be a kid's version of SF pulp magazines of yesteryear, the series had grown more philosophical and sophisticated by the third and fourth books. Anyhow, this is just the cover, the story is pure magic. Coville manages to tie up all, or most, of his loose threads into pretty bows. We readers have grown to love the aliens as friends and there is a bigger picture to contemplate? What happens to our favorite sixth graders and the aliens? You must read to find out. Coville had created another gem.

What do You think about My Teacher Flunked The Planet (2005)?

I first read this while I was having a bout with insomnia, it didn't help. I watched the sun rise with this book.Coville's best so far. This book is one of the reasons I say the best writing is done for children. This book has real heart. The other "My Teacher" books are fun and I recommend you read them, but this is the one to read. You don't really have to read the other books to read this one, even though it does help you to understand what's going on at the beginning.Poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot.(I am leaving two copies that I found at Savers on a paperback exchange shelf, I have given one away as a door prize at a Warp and Weave Launch, and I have my own copy that stands on my "classics" shelf.)
—Vernon Ray

Oh, God! I remember these books! I thought they were wonderful, especially the last of the four. ^^I totally agree with you on loving that Bruce Coville introduced the word 'poot' into our vocabularies. I used to take my chenille sweaters, roll them into balls with one arm sticking out as a tail and refer to them as my pet poots. One of them I even named Mergatroid.I'm so weird. XD
—honestly mem

I admit that I haven't read the entire series this book comes from. I read the first one, which was absolutely amazing, and now this one. One day I'll actually go back and find the two in the middle. For being a book aimed at preteens/ young teenagers I found myself really enjoying this book and the perspective it brought to thoughts regarding the human race. I won't spoil anything for those people that haven't read it but young and old alike I encourage everyone to pick up this series, or even just this book in the series (it gives a fantastic summary of the first three books) and read it. Read it and really start thinking about how you view the world.
—Katelynn

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