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Book Review of Alien for Rent

Alien for Rent
Alien for Rent
Author: Betsy Duffey
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: Paperback
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It's just an ordinary school day when third-graders Lexie and J.P. see an unusual sign on the bulletin board. In silver letters that seem to float on the paper, it says "Alien for Rent:Two Gugentocks per hour". Before Lexie and J.P. can find any aliens, Bruce, The fifith-grade bully, finds them. When Bruce ties to punch J.P., he freezes in midswing, glows green, and floats off the ground. What on earth is happening?
The answer is not actually from Earth. His name is Bork, and Lexie and J.P. find him napping in Lexie's lunchbox. It seems that Lexie has rented Bork for the price of two gugentocks. Jest what other "good deeds" has Bork done for Lexie? And how will Lexie and J.P. undo them? Anything is possible when a junk food-loving alien comes for a visit!