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32 pp.
| Dial |
February, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-53852-0$17.99
(1)
K-3
A little astronaut brings chocolate cupcakes to Mars but realizes, "I don't think I'll find anybody to eat them." The story depends on a repeated visual joke--the astronaut keeps missing the Martian in the background--and the humor continues throughout. Agee's world is one in which the emotional life of the characters is clear with the slightest raise of an eyebrow.
Reviewer: Robin L. Smith
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2017