My Alien Parents

by R.L. Stine

Ten-year-old Rob thought he knew all there was to know about his parents, but suddenly things have changed. Why do Mom and Dad keep warning him not to ask too many questions? Could aliens from another world really have replaced his parents? And what’s happened to Snappy, the family dog? Soon Rob’s writing down all the latest weird developments in a notebook entitled REASONS WHY MY PARENTS ARE ALIENS FROM OUTER SPACE. Can he figure it out before it’s too late? It’s another eerily fun thriller from the inventive mind of R.L. Stine.

Genres: Horror, Audiobook, Middle Grade, Childrens

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 13, 2012

About the author

Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.

R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.

Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.

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Reviews

[Justin Tate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short as a Twilight Zone episode and about as freaky. Great execution of a simple premise. Love me some Stine!

[Vishnu Chevli · Rating 1 out of 5]

Both my kid and I as a parent were disappointed.

Could have been better.

[Briar's Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

10-year old Rob wakes up and notices his parents and friends are completely different. Why are they saying weird things? Behaving differently? And most importantly, where is his dog? What is... they're all aliens?!

This book is a fun, short read that is perfect for middle graders. Especially for those middle grade readers who love books that scream "expect the unexpected". This book is short and light, but it's a great intro to reading! If you want your kid to read "horror" but not be scared, but also get a slight thrill then this book is perfect!

It's a great read! I think it was quite fun.

Three out of five stars.

[Juan Carlos malik · Rating 5 out of 5]

El final me impresionó bastante que buen giro. 😱😱😱😱

[Alejandro Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally completing this hexology, this book has evaded my grasp for far too long. It’s accessible, yes, but not so much the original print—the one I wanted to complete my set. Finally getting it today, I have already finished it, and it’s probably the shortest of these if I had to bet, but not the worst. The concept is semi-fresh and I liked the ending, which only worked since the story was so self-contained. The book is decently entertaining and it was interesting to see a twist actually be hard to predict in these things. It could’ve been a thousand things, which helped the suspension with this one. It’s just a short and neat read, and I can’t really pick out much flaw within this one apart from its “no spectacle, so I can’t rate it very high.” Overall, 7.5/10. Quite decent, nuff said.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was a cute revisit to the past with my free year of Kindle Kids

[Ashley Lynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

This is a book from my childhood that I decided to reread when I noticed the audiobook on Scribd. I vaguely recognized the book title and cover, but that was it.

Once I started listening, I realized that this was a book that I always remembered and loved the ending to but could never remember what book that awesome ending came from. I am ecstatic right now that this mystery has now been solved! 😂

This book is genuinely eerie and unsettling and the ending is still quite terrifying, even upon reading as an adult. A great concept and very well executed for a children’s story that is really scary but not inappropriately violent or gory or anything.

I am now considering rereading some old Goosebumps. Like Monster Blood and Say Cheese And Die! 😃

[Connie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Source: I downloaded a copy of this book from Kindle Unlimited.
Cost: Free

Title: My Alien Parents
Author: R.L. Stine
Genre: Children's, Horror
Overall Rating: 3 stars

This quick little read from the children's master of horror was quite a good one, although it's not a book from the Goosebumps series, it's very reminiscent of it. In this, Rob wakes up one morning and everything has changed, his parents are acting differently, his dog is gone and now the only explanation would be that his parents are aliens. But with RL Stine, nothing is ever really as it seems.

I love RL Stine's writing and he is definitely one of my favourite authors.

[Janjohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I dunno what month that was but I read this one inside the bookstore sometime this year. I read it for the simple reason that it was so thin. Well, it ended funny and the start was kinda creepy. That's all there is to it. Rob's a robot, after all. And he was unaware of it.

[PageTurners; · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mixed feelings about this one.

2.9 ⭐️

[Jessica Rowe · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

Rob awakes up to his parents acting weird, so werid he begins to think their aliens.

[Andrew kutz · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fun very short if you like r.l. Stine you will like this book. I will say its not a masterpiece but it was good. The ending i was able to see it coming in fact he has used the same twist multiple times even in the haunting hour were its the opposite but if you find it its cool to read and see a book that you didn’t know about by an author that you love even if it isn’t that long, or the best story but its fun.

[John Sloan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gustó este cuento. Suficiente cosas interesantes sucedieron para hacerme continuar leerlo. Pero no era demasiado de miedo como un libro de escalofríos y era muy corto. Pienso que fue tantito simple para mi nivel de Español.
Me gustó el final, era típico por un libro de R.l. Stine con un gran sorpresa.

[Chorace Lerias · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Megan Kinderman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read. Very short.

[Toni Cifuentes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fua, menuda troleada de libro. Está guapo que Stine busque un final sorprendente y el giro último de este no está nada mal. Pero, ostia, vaya troleada... No voy a decir nada, porque es un spoiler como un castillo. No me la he visto venir. Aquí Stine me ha abierto la nevera y se ha comido todos mis flanes. Ha entrado en mi baño, se ha cortado la barba, se ha duchado, se ha secado con mi toalla, se ha puesto mis calzoncillos, ha dormido en mi cama, se ha hecho un desayuno con mi pan de aceitunas y tomate seco, lo ha rociado de mi aceite, lo ha acompañado de atún, se lo ha tomado todo con una infusión, y luego se ha ido sin recoger nada. Joder con Stine...

[Rachella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun Read!

I really enjoyed this short story! It had all the best things: quick read, easy to get lost in, suspenseful and I was able to visually imagine everything as it unfolded. Plus, I didn't see the end coming. My only complaint is that the cover doesn't really match the story.

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story

I can imagine kids loving this! What a fun twist at the end! Hitchcock for juveniles! I downloaded it for free many years ago and happened to see it sitting in my kindle today, waiting to be read! Took less than 30 minutes!

[Kaiden Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

I rated this book four stars because I didn’t like the ending. I liked listening to it. It was both scary and happy. The alien parents were a little bit wonkyYYYYY. I don’t like doing reviews when I’m tired Mum.

[Sandra Lopez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have you ever wondered if your parents were aliens? Rob’s parents were certainly acting weird—so unlike them. What gives? But who was the real alien here? Loved that twist in the end! A good, quick read!

[Rosson Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it at first. But then the twist ruined it a little bit for me. This book felt like a short story for Goosebumps (probably was because this was released shortly after Triple Header 3 got canceled) but had to be made into a book because of the fallout with R.L Stine and Scholastic.

[Siraaj · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is quite interesting and funny if you look at it in another angle, it also gives you the creeps at some point

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[The Endless Unread · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fabulous read and I really enjoyed the twist to the story. Suspenseful, thrilling and it made you want to turn every page. Brilliant.

[Thomas-James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great little twist at the end!

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although slightly overused.I enjoyed the ending !

[Nader Nate · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10
Im shocked!!
What an ending plot

[Constanza]

No pude terminar de leerlo

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great twist on this one!

[Martha Elena · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bueno, pues ese final no me lo esperaba. Pero me gusto :P

[Glennjoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful spin on Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers with a neat twist ending. Unfortunately Kim ("My Stepmother Is An Alien") Basinger fails to make an appearance!