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Axelrod, Amy , Axelrod, Amy

They'll Believe Me When I'm Gone

32 pp. | Dutton | July, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-525-46660-6 $$15.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Jack E. Davis & Jack E. Davis. Despite scoffing from his family and friends, Max insists that a flying saucer will soon arrive and take him away to join an alien family. A common childhood fantasy is played for laughs, especially in the amusing illustrations depicting the snaggletoothed, oddly coifed narrator and his equally eccentric family. The conclusion--in which a spaceship actually arrives and an alien temporarily changes places with Max--is too abrupt.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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