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Sixth Grade Alien #2
The Attack of the Two-Inch Teacher
All Pleskit Meenom wants to do is fit in on his new planet. But bullies like his classmate Jordan Lynch make it clear he never will. Not even taking a trip to the mall and getting some Earth-style clothing is enough to stop Jordan’s teasing or blend in at school. After one dig too many from Pleskit’s bully, Pleskit and his best friend Tim decide to teach Jordan a lesson.
So they borrow a shrinking ray from the embassy. Shrinking rays are tricky machines, and this one turns out to be more than the boys can handle. Instead of cutting a mean kid down to size, they end up making Tim and their teacher Ms. Weintraub no bigger than a pair of pencils!
If word gets out of this misuse of alien technology, it could ruin Pleskit’s mission. But how can you hide the fact that you’ve shrunk your teacher?
So they borrow a shrinking ray from the embassy. Shrinking rays are tricky machines, and this one turns out to be more than the boys can handle. Instead of cutting a mean kid down to size, they end up making Tim and their teacher Ms. Weintraub no bigger than a pair of pencils!
If word gets out of this misuse of alien technology, it could ruin Pleskit’s mission. But how can you hide the fact that you’ve shrunk your teacher?
176 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1999
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2019
Pleskit is the child of an alien diplomat. He's basically just like all the other kids around; he wants to fit in, he wants friends, he likes to eat. He even has a pet, a Veeblax (which, honestly, sounds adorable and fun). He goes to middle school with his new friend, Tom. Tom and Pleskit have a bit of a bully problem named Jordan. Jordan is doing his best to make their lives miserable, so they decide to get a bit of revenge.
It's a really cute story about bullying and how to deal with it (even if how you want to deal with it may not be the best option). Plus, sometimes your plan might go wrong is some way. Most of the grownups are likable, even if they give really poor advice on how to deal with bullies. Plus, this book has some great diversity. I mean, where else can you read about a typical alien becoming friends with an average American student?
2019
Pleskit is the child of an alien diplomat. He's basically just like all the other kids around; he wants to fit in, he wants friends, he likes to eat. He even has a pet, a Veeblax (which, honestly, sounds adorable and fun). He goes to middle school with his new friend, Tom. Tom and Pleskit have a bit of a bully problem named Jordan. Jordan is doing his best to make their lives miserable, so they decide to get a bit of revenge.
It's a really cute story about bullying and how to deal with it (even if how you want to deal with it may not be the best option). Plus, sometimes your plan might go wrong is some way. Most of the grownups are likable, even if they give really poor advice on how to deal with bullies. Plus, this book has some great diversity. I mean, where else can you read about a typical alien becoming friends with an average American student?
January 12, 2022
Pleskitt and Tim try to shrink Jordan to teach him a lesson about being a bully, but things do not go as planned.
Bruce Coville never lets me down. I can always count on him for some fun, easy aliens, and his xenodiversity is second to none. He makes more impressive aliens than anyone other media I’ve encountered, I think.
Bruce Coville never lets me down. I can always count on him for some fun, easy aliens, and his xenodiversity is second to none. He makes more impressive aliens than anyone other media I’ve encountered, I think.
June 16, 2009
It gets a bit tiresome for me to review every single Bruce Coville book I read with my kids, but this one contains the most hilarious physics lesson I've ever read, so I just have to review it.
The book is the sequel to I Was A Sixth Grade Alien, so you have to read the first to understand the second. The series (there are more) is about an alien kid named Pleskit, the son of an alien diplomat on a peace mission to Earth. He is sent to an American public school, and by the end of the first book, he and earthling Tim have become best friends.
In the first half of this book, Tim tries to get Pleskit to be more "cool," so they go to that bastion of coolness, the mall. The insights about the pressure to be cool are both apt and funny, but about midway through the book, I was wondering, "What does all this have to do with a two-inch teacher?"
She comes into the picture when Tim and Pleskit are back at school. And as I said, what happens makes for the funniest physics lesson you will ever read. All the earlier stuff was worth it; it turns out to be foreshadowing. And the climax - wow! My middle kid literally jumped out of his seat! So if you've got a kid who thinks science is boring, give him this book. He'll learn something and have a great time doing it.
The book is the sequel to I Was A Sixth Grade Alien, so you have to read the first to understand the second. The series (there are more) is about an alien kid named Pleskit, the son of an alien diplomat on a peace mission to Earth. He is sent to an American public school, and by the end of the first book, he and earthling Tim have become best friends.
In the first half of this book, Tim tries to get Pleskit to be more "cool," so they go to that bastion of coolness, the mall. The insights about the pressure to be cool are both apt and funny, but about midway through the book, I was wondering, "What does all this have to do with a two-inch teacher?"
She comes into the picture when Tim and Pleskit are back at school. And as I said, what happens makes for the funniest physics lesson you will ever read. All the earlier stuff was worth it; it turns out to be foreshadowing. And the climax - wow! My middle kid literally jumped out of his seat! So if you've got a kid who thinks science is boring, give him this book. He'll learn something and have a great time doing it.
October 27, 2019
A fun romp. This grade-school alien flows much better than its predecessor, which was the first in this Bruce Coville series. This one also provides a surprising amount of scientific method and information in an entertaining format, so I give Coville high marks for that. I personally don't like the flatulence aspect, since I feel 1) that it's a cheap sell-out, whether in a YA book or a Disney movie, and 2) that teenage boys (and possibly a few girls) will come up with plenty of that riff on their own without being encouraged by adults. However, I enjoy thought-provoking stories about alien visitors, and this short novel presents plenty of those. I also think the alternating-chapter rotating 1st person viewpoint works far better in this than it did in the introductory novel. All in all, it's a winner in terms of readability and originality.
August 1, 2017
Questo è il secondo libretto della serie "Un alieno in 1ª B": nel primo si racconta come il giovane Pleskit, figlio dell'ambasciatore inviato sulla terra dal lontano pianeta Hevi-Hevi, abbia iniziato a frequentare una prima media terrestre, con qualche prevedibile effetto collaterale. E qui le vicende continuano, con qualche idea simpatica anche se non proprio travolgente.
October 15, 2017
It was awesome!
October 18, 2009
I listened to this book on audio. The Attack of the Two-Inch Teacher is a read for third to sixth graders. This book is a sequal to I was a Sixth Grade Alien. In this story, Pleskit just wants to fit in with his friend Tim and the other kids in Ms. Weintraub's sixth-grade class. This isn't easy since he is a purple-skinned visitor from Planet Hevi-Hevi. Pleskit is amazed by words that are spoken on Earth. He is shocked that the word "cool" isn't referring to the temperature. Ms. Buttsman, who is the earth-protocol officer, is very strict on how aliens should behave. Then there is the class bully who picks on Pleskit and Tim. To stand up for themselves, they "borrow" a Molecule Compactor from the alien's dad, planning to shrink Jordan down to size. When they fire the machine, Ms. Weintraub and Tim are in the way, and they are shrunk to the size of a matchbox. At the same time an interplanetary terrorist takes the rest of the class hostage. Pleskit and the tiny pair are able to defeat the terrorists, save the class, and get even with the class bully. This book focuses on accepting people for who they are.
I really enjoyed listening to the story on audio. I always forget how much I enjoy listening to stories instead of just reading them myself. This book was funny and catchy, I found myself laughing out loud at some parts. I wouldn't always choose science fiction books as a genre of reading, but I enjoyed trying something new.
I really enjoyed listening to the story on audio. I always forget how much I enjoy listening to stories instead of just reading them myself. This book was funny and catchy, I found myself laughing out loud at some parts. I wouldn't always choose science fiction books as a genre of reading, but I enjoyed trying something new.
May 31, 2012
I really like most of Coville's books. This one is the second in the "I Was a Sixth Grade Alien" series. Pleskit, the alien, and Tim, the earthling, are always getting in trouble. This time they decide to show the school bully a lesson, but they end up shrinking their teacher and Tim and then have to save the planet again.
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