Eye Spy Aliens

Scream Shop Pick Your Path #3

by Tracey West, Brian W. Dow (Illustrations)

When a boy buys an old spyglass from Sebastian Cream's Junk Shop, he suddenly finds himself involved in an out-of-this-world experience.

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2003

About the author

Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.

Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.

She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.

Reviews

[Weathervane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fair. It was interesting to see past-tense, third-person used in an interactive fiction book. I liked the way some of the aliens were handled, but the paths were pretty similar on the whole, and I found myself losing interest. Could've probably used some quirky humour to liven things up.

I do think the concept of a central shop, around which all the books in the series are based, is a neat idea. I'm not sure I'll be reading any more in this series, though.

[Stefan Silva · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book I found I was not as stuck into as the rest of the series but is defenitley worth while reading maybe I just chose the wrong path.