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The Way Back Home
The Way Back Home
By Oliver Jeffers
Philomel Books, 2007
What would YOU do if you were stuck on the moon with no way to get back home? Would you scream? Throw moon rocks? Find out if the moon is really made of cheese? (Mmmmm, fuzzy green cheese . . .)
In this book, an adventurous little boy finds an airplane in the back of his closet. He immediately takes it out for a spin, but—uh-oh!—runs out of fuel somewhere in space, and is forced to make a crash landing on the moon. Things are looking pretty dark and scary when he hears a bump. Is it a ferocious alien? A hungry space monster? No, it’s a little Martian with spaceship troubles, just like him.
Will they ever find their way back home? You’ll have to get the book yourself to find out. You’ll love the funny illustrations, especially the surprising one at the very end.
And now if you’ll excuse me, I have a rocket to launch (and some fuzzy green moon cheese to sample.) BLAST-OFF!
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