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Sputnik's Guide To Life on Earth

by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Ages: 9+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Walden Pond Press/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-264362-9

Keywords: Foster children, Humorous stories, Read-Aloud, Grandparents, Aliens, Dementia

Can Prez, a foster kid, and alien/dog Sputnik, find Prez's locked-up grandfather and “10 things worth seeing or doing” to prevent Earth's destruction?