SPHDZ Book #2!

SPHDZ Book #2!

by Jon Scieszka
Illustrator Shane Prigmore

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | December 21, 2010 | Hardcover

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The campaign is going well. The SPHDZ word is getting out. 1000''s of kids have signed up to say they are SPHDZ. But things haven''t gotten any easier for Michael K. The SPHDZ are still trying to blend in to our Earth culture, but not very successfully. They''re still mixing up Thanksgiving, cartoon plots, holidays, and commercials. This makes it especially hard for Michael K. to both hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber and accomplish the SPHDZ Mission. He''s forced to enlist the help of fellow fifth graders, Venus and TJ.

When they (Michael K. and the SPHDZ) are given the assignment to write and perform the school play, Umber thinks he''s closing in on the aliens...the kindergartners playing the turkeys.

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SPHDZ Book #2!

SPHDZ Book #2!

by Jon Scieszka
Illustrator Shane Prigmore

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Appropriate for ages: 7

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The campaign is going well. The SPHDZ word is getting out. 1000''s of kids have signed up to say they are SPHDZ. But things haven''t gotten any easier for Michael K. The SPHDZ are still trying to blend in to our Earth culture, but not very successfully. They''re still mixing up Thanksgiving, cartoon plots, holidays, and commercials. This makes it especially hard for Michael K. to both hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber and accomplish the SPHDZ Mission. He''s forced to enlist the help of fellow fifth graders, Venus and TJ.

When they (Michael K. and the SPHDZ) are given the assignment to write and perform the school play, Umber thinks he''s closing in on the aliens...the kindergartners playing the turkeys.

About the Book

The campaign is going well. The SPHDZ word is getting out. 1000's of kids have signed up to say they are SPHDZ. But things haven't gotten any easier for Michael K. The SPHDZ are still trying to blend in to our Earth culture, but not very successfully. They're still mixing up Thanksgiving, cartoon plots, holidays, and commercials. This makes it especially hard for Michael K. to both hide the SPHDZ from Agent Umber and accomplish the SPHDZ Mission. He's forced to enlist the help of fellow fifth graders, Venus and TJ.

When they (Michael K. and the SPHDZ) are given the assignment to write and perform the school play, Umber thinks he's closing in on the aliens...the kindergartners playing the turkeys.

Format: Hardcover

Dimensions: 240 Pages, 5.12 × 7.87 × 0.79 in

Published: December 21, 2010

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Language: English

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:

ISBN - 10: 1416979530

ISBN - 13: 9781416979531

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The two aliens attacked P.S. 858 before the first morning bell. They waved their slimy purple tentacles. They blasted laser bolts into the air. And, weirdly enough, they waved large shopping bags decorated with orange pumpkins. A whole pile of kindergartners ran screaming into school. A couple first and second graders tried to hide behind the monkey bars. It was chaos, panic, and more chaos. Michael K. and most of the fifth graders stood back in their usual corner of the playground. They were trapped. Caught between the metal chain-link fence on either side and the fearsome purple and orange aliens in front of them. “We are going to die!” yelled Ryan. “Every man for himself!” yelled Jose. The aliens slimed closer, cutting off any escape. That’s when Michael K. saw the third little hamster-size alien poking his head out of one of the shopping bags. He suddenly knew exactly who these aliens were. “Oh, no,” said Michael K. The little alien waved a tentacle at Michael K. Classmate Venus saw the little wave to Michael K. Venus gave Michael K. a punch in the arm. “What the heck is going on? Do you know these aliens?” “Well,” said Michael K. “Not really. Kind of. Maybe?” “What?” said Venus. The aliens raised their laser blasters. Michael K. shook his head in confusion. How had this gone so terribly wrong? The Spaceheadz had been getting better at blending in lately. Maybe they still weren&rsquo
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From the Critics

"Lots of humor leads this multiplatform effort with links to Web sites that are sure to expand the series' fan base."-Booklist

About the Author

Jon Scieszka was born September 8, 1954 in Flint , Michigan. After he graduated from Culver Military Academy where he was a Lieutenant, he studied to be a doctor at Albion College. He changed career directions and attended Columbia University where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1980. Before he became a full time writer, Scieszka was a lifeguard, painted factories, houses, and apartments and also wrote for magazines. He taught elementary school in New York for ten years as a 1st grade assistant, a 2nd grade homeroom teacher, and a computer, math, science and history teacher in 3rd - 8th grade. He decided to take off a year from teaching in order to work with Lane Smith, an illustrator, to develop ideas for children's books. His book, The Stinky Cheese Man received the 1994 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. Scieszka's Math Curse, illustrated by Lane Smith, was an American Library Association Notable Book in 1996; a Blue Ribbon Book from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books in 1995; and a Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book in 1995. The Stinky Cheese Man received Georgia's 1997 Children's Choice Award and Wisconsin's The Golden Archer Award. Math Curse received Maine's Student Book Award, The Texas Bluebonnet Award and New Hampshire's The Great Stone Face Book Award in 1997. He was appointed the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress in 2008.
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