The Way Back Home

From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes an imaginative tale of friendship in a world where what makes us different isn't nearly as important as what makes us the same.

When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring landing on the moon . . . but there's no telling what kind of slimy, slithering, tentacled, fangtoothed monsters lurk in the darkness (Plus, it's dark and lonely out there.) Coincidentally, engine trouble has stranded a young Martian on the other side of the moon, and he's just as frightened and alone. Martian, Earthling--it's all the same when you're in need of a friend.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Philomel Books
Published: 04/10/2008
ISBN: 9780399250743
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 10.89h x 10.33w x 0.41d
Award: Greenaway Medal - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/2008 pg. 249
School Library Journal 04/01/2008 pg. 112
Publishers Weekly 04/07/2008 pg. 60
Booklist 04/15/2008 pg. 51
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 304 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 121880 / Way Back Home
Reading Level: 3.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5