Mihaley,
James You Can’t Have My
Planet Macmillan/ Feiwel &
Friends 245p $16.99 978-0-312-61891-9 ms E-BN Science Fiction/Humor
Giles is the least likely person to
save the planet. Having been told that
humans have totally messed it up and aliens plan to take it over and evict all
the humans, Giles goes to intergalactic court to fight the decision. In an attempt to turn the tide, the court
assigns Giles the task of cleaning up Manhattan in 24 hours. All the trash must be picked up and all the graffiti
removed, and he is allowed the help of only three other children. Should he choose his best friends or his very
smart but annoying brother? How can
clean-up be done in such a short time? But Giles is also given the help of one of the
maddest scientists the reader will ever meet.
Combine that with some robots, some aliens, and some dedicated children,
and it just might succeed.
This is a hysterically funny romp
through sci-fi but with very strong environmental overtones. It shows what a small group of dedicated
young people can do. They use modern communication
methods to spread the word, along with the help of some fantastic robotic
creations.
Science fiction, Humor,
Environment-Fiction -- Joan Theal
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