Book Assesment Essay on You Can't Take My Planet, But Take My Brother, Please

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The novel, “You Can’t Take My Planet, But Take My Brother, Please”, is about a 13 year old boy, Giles. He has an intelligent big brother and a talented little sister. He wished to be as talented as his little sister Nikki, and as smart as his big brother, Bobby. But he’s only as average as everybody. He describes himself as a, “dork with no brain.” When he runs to the woods to cool off he has an alien encounter. With Jerry as an alien realtor, Queen Mooby, and King Zoodle. The alien king and queen were deciding to buy the planet. Giles had though that they should not. Giles has seen the brochure for this planet on sale. He even has been warned by a shrunken head that Earth’s humans would be kicked out and aliens in. He couldn’t let that happen so he went on a mission to save Earth. What I thought about this novel is that it is humorous, well-written, and had some science references in the story as I read along.
Aliens, robots, rockets, shrunken heads that talk, and planets being sold, are some sort of science. It also adds in science references and terms dealing with space, like the...

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