Stuck on Earth

Ketchvar III's mission is simple: travel to Planet Earth, inhabit the body of an average teenager, and determine if the human race should be annihilated. And so Ketchvar--who, to human eyes, looks just like a common snail--crawls into the brain of one Tom Filber and attempts to do his analysis. At first glance, Tom appears to be the perfect specimen--fourteen years old, good health, above average intelligence. But it soon becomes apparent that Tom Filber may be a little too average--gawky, awkward, and utterly abhorred by his peers. An alien within an alien's skin, Ketchvar quickly finds himself wrapped up in the daily drama of teenage life--infuriating family members, raging bullies, and undeniably beautiful next-door neighbors. And the more entangled Ketchvar becomes, the harder it is to answer the question he was sent to Earth to resolve: Should the Sandovinians release the Gagnerian Death Ray and erase the human species for good? Or is it possible that Homo sapiens really are worth saving?

Wickedly wry and hysterically skewed, David Klass's take on teen life on our fabulously flawed Planet Earth is an engrossing look at true friends, truer enemies, and awkward alien first kisses.
Stuck on Earth is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 03/16/2010
ISBN: 9780374399511
Pages: 227
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Award: Isinglass Teen Read Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Booklist 12/15/2009 pg. 36
Publishers Weekly 02/01/2010 pg. 49
Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2010
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2010
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2010 pg. 60
New York Times Book Review 07/18/2010 pg. 15
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 02/01/2011 pg. 112
BookPage 04/01/2010

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 136606 / Stuck on Earth
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 7