Andrew Lost On Earth

Andrew Lost #10

by J.C. Greenburg, Jan Gerardi (Illustrator)

Andrew, Judy, and Thudd have escaped the Big Bang only to find themselves trapped inside the Earth as it forms all around them! Meanwhile Uncle Al is stranded in the Ice Age. Somehow Andrew, Judy, and Thudd must fix their time machine and rescue Uncle Al—before he becomes dinner for a sabertooth tiger! Kids, parents, and teachers love this series—kids for all its gooey grossness, and teachers and parents for all the fun science and great discussion points!“Andrew Lost books are gross and disgusting. That’s why we like them.”—The Washington Post“One cliff-hanger after another.”—School Library Journal“At the end of each book are additional pages of interesting facts . . . even when the stories end, the learning never stops.”—Kidsreads.com

98 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2005

Reviews

[LauraR · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about three children, Andrew, Judy, and Thudd as they embark on an adventure to save their uncle from kidnappers who have brought him to the ice age. In order to do this, the three children time travel on an invention created by their Uncle Al called The Time-A-Tron. This invention brings them back to a time before the Earth was even created. As the book progresses, the three children begin to see how their world was created. This science fiction based book, is a great read for upper elementary students (3-5 grade), due to it's content and high vocabulary. I found myself constantly having to re-read certain parts of the book because I struggled with some of the language. Reading this as an E-book, was equally challenging because I found that I wasn't able to look at the whole page at once.
The illustrations varied throughout the book, but many of them were small and fit in a corner of the page. I found that I definitely needed to read the text in order to understand what the picture was of. However, there were some larger pictures, and those really helped bring the story to life. I had expected the pictures to have color based on the way the text was able to create images in the minds of the reader. I wished that this had translated to paper. Although the story was science fiction, the illustrators displayed realism technique, as they tried to match what "actually" happened during the specific time periods.
I think that this book should be read independently. It has a lot of scientific vocabulary and it can be difficult for readers who are not "interested" in this specific subject. I also would recommend this as a literature circle book because I think there is a lot of discussion that can come from the events that are being described, however, it is important that the people in that group enjoy this specific genre in order for the discussion to have meaning.

[Yinxue Zhang · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, I prefer Magic Tree House.

[Felicia Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Twin Text Non-fiction Entry #2

I chose to pair this book with the book "Earth" by L.L. Owens. I chose to do this because I think ti would be a good resource for my kids to have to learn more about the earth than they already knew, and it will help them see the differences and similarities between the real planet Earth, and the Earth that Andrew describes in his book.

The knowledge from the non-fiction book will help my students understand how truly different Earth is during the "Andrew Lost on Earth" book. I twill give them a necessary review about the things they already know about earth, as well as give some extra information they may not have known about our planet.

I think it is very important for children to read books about our planet, because we live here. We need to know how to protect the earth and treat it the right way. The students who know a lot about the eartch are the ones who are the most conscious about how they are treating it.

[Mayur · Rating 1 out of 5]

Andrew,judy snd thud have escaped the big bang only to find themselves on baby earth! the brand new earth is one big ocean of lava.asteroids and comets rain downfrom the big sky . but while the kids are busy dodging fire , Uncle AL is stuck in teh Ice Age . Somehow andrew, judy and thud must fix their time machine and get uncle al before he becomes a sabertooths tigers dinner9i hpe you know what is a sabertooth tiger)

[Sherry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Friends Judy and Andrew travel back and forth in time with the Time-A-Tron machine, looking for people they know (who are stranded in time!), clues and souvenirs. This time, they land 4,500,000,000 years ago, before dinosaurs and most animals lived. Fun time-travel adventure series that appeals to 2nd and 3rd graders and teaches them science facts as they read. Short appendix with more information and online resources.

no. 10 in the series "Andrew Lost"

[The Brothers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Asher (7yo) read.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was a really great book