  | Owls have come to take us away Author: Smith, Ronald L. | |
| Price: $6.50 | ||
Summary:
After something strange happens during a camping trip, twelve-year-old alien-obsessed Simon suspects he has been abducted, but was it real or just his overactive imagination?
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.30 Points: 5.0 Quiz: 501744 | Reading Counts Information: Interest Level: 3-5 Reading Level: 4.40 Points: 11.0 Quiz: 76723 | |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (-) (12/01/18)
School Library Journal (11/01/18)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/12/18)
The Hornbook (00/01/19)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 11/01/2018 Gr 5–7—Twelve-year-old Simon has a wild imagination: he loves playing video games and reading fantasy novels and is even writing his own book about fairies and a talking dog. When he isn't occupied with those things, he obsesses over aliens. On a camping trip with his parents, Simon loses consciousness; upon waking, he is convinced he has been abducted. But when he tells his parents, his mother is fretful and his father is derisive. Simon is afraid, but determined to find out if the aliens are real. Despite having moved frequently throughout the years, Simon has led a sheltered life. He has few friends, is nervous about leaving the Air Base where he currently lives, and is bullied at school. Parallels between Simon and the main character of the book he is writing further call into question the reality of Simon's experience, leaving readers to wonder about what really happened on that camping trip until the very end. VERDICT An eerie and layered tale with a main character to which young readers will relate, but with a less than satisfactory ending that may spoil the overall effect for some.—Maggie Mason Smith, Clemson University, SC - Copyright 2018 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
