My Teacher Glows in the Dark

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Coville Klappentext Before Peter discovers his newest teacher glows in the dark, he is flying away from Earth in a spaceship full of aliens.My Teacher Glows in the Dark CHAPTER ONE I Choose the Stars So there we were—Susan Simmons, Duncan Dougal, and me, Peter Thompson—sitting in an alien spaceship the size of New Jersey, waiting to learn how we were supposed to save the world, when Susan said, “All right, Peter, give.” “Beg your pardon?” I asked innocently. “Tell us what’s been going on! Five months ago you took off for outer space with Broxholm. Five minutes ago you showed up in a beam of blue light and told Duncan and me we had to help you save the world. I want to know what happened in between.” “Me, too!” said Duncan. Five months ago I wouldn’t have cared what Duncan Dougal thought. As far as I was concerned, he was the world’s biggest snotball, a kid whose main hobbies were drooling on his homework, farting in class, and beating me up. I thought he was as likable as a mosquito, as friendly as a rattlesnake, and as useful as a screen door in a spaceship. But that was before I got a good look at the inside of his head—which was less frightening and more sad than I ever would have guessed. “Well, since you asked . . .” I drawled. “Peter,” snapped Susan, “for five months every kid in Kennituck Falls has been dying to know what happened to you after you went off with Broxholm. Stop stalling and tell the story, or you’re going to be very sorry!” So I told them. But that wasn’t good enough. Oh, no. Now they insist I have to write it down. “We wrote about our part,” they keep saying. “Now it’s your turn.” So here goes: As you probably know, it all started when this alien named Broxholm wanted to kidnap five kids from our sixth grade class last spring. He started by trapping our real teacher, Ms. Schwartz, in a force field. He kept her in his attic while he disguised himself as a substitute teacher named Mr. Smith and took over our class. One day Susan followed Mr. Smith home and saw him peel off his face. Underneath his human mask was a green-skinned, orange-eyed alien. Susan came to me for help, mostly because she didn’t think anyone else would believe her. She thought I might because I used to read so much science fiction. The two of us spent days trying to figure out how to stop Broxholm. One night I was sitting home alone, eating a can of cold beans and wondering where my father was, when it hit me that if we couldn’t stop Broxholm, if some kids had to go into space, I might as well be one of them. It wouldn’t be any worse than staying where I was. And it might be better. I was frightened by the idea, of course. But I didn’t think the aliens were going to dissect my brain or anything like that. In fact, I figured I might learn as much from them as they did from me. That was the key, I guess; I knew I could learn something. That was important to me, since learning is the one thing I really like. If that sounds strange, look at it like this: if other kids treated you like a nerd and a geek all the time, if you went for weeks feeling like books were your only friends—well, you might really be into learning, too. Anyway, between being the school dumping ground for emotional toxic waste and having a father who didn’t give two bags of llama droppings whether I was alive or dead, I figured I didn’t have much to lose by going with Broxholm. Besides, more than anything else in the world, I wanted to travel to the stars and explore other planets. That’s why when Susan and the school band overpowered the alien on the night of our spring Zusammenfassung Peter’s...

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Coville
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2014
• EAN: 9781481404327
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-0432-7
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: My Teacher Books; My Teacher Books
• Subject: Children's and young people's books