The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Simmons, Michael

Alien Feast

231 pp. | Roaring Brook/Porter | May, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-281-9 $16.95

(2) 4-6 Chronicles of the First Invasion series. Illustrated by George O'Connor. Everyboy William, with his uncle Maynard and classmate Sophie, battles flesh-eating extraterrestrials who have kidnapped Sophie's parents. The intrepid heroes discover that the aliens are dying out...from chicken pox. Forget the aliens' nasty habit of devouring the world's population, and applaud this vessel of pure escapist fiction, complete with dandy special effects and no small measure of wish fulfillment.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2009