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My Teacher Fried My Brains

by Bruce Coville · 1991

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Brains are sizzling in the seventh grade... The first day of seventh grade is probably the worst day of Duncan Dougal's life. He knows that things are really bad when he finds an alien's hand in a Dumpster and then gets plugged into an alien brain fryer!

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Can Duncan find out which of the four new teachers in his school is an alien before his brains get fried to a pulp — or before the aliens try to fry the whole planet?

Genre
aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
Mood
nostalgianostalgiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 176 pages

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