ALIENS ON VACATION

ALIENS ON VACATION, by Clete Barrett Smith (Disney/Hyperion 2011)(ages 8-12). First in a series.  When thirteen-year-old Scrub is sent to live with his grandmother in a small town in the Pacific Northwest, he soon comes to realize there's more to her than just an aging hippie.  Instead, her house is an intergalactic bed and breakfast, sort of a rustic vacation spot for advanced aliens who want to get away from it all.  To his chagrin, Scrub is immediately sent to work helping the aliens blend in as humans and generally keep out of the way of the suspicious sheriff...

ALIENS ON VACATION is a light and funny romp, with quirky characters and an even quirkier situation.  Scrub and his travails will engage and entertain the extraterrestrial in everyone.