General Information
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 Title:                  The True Meaning of Smekday
 Author:                 Adam Rex
 Read By:                Bahni Turpin
 Copyright:              2007
 Audiobook Copyright:    2010
 Genre:                  Fiction {Juvenile / Science Fiction}
 Publisher:              Brilliance Audio
 Abridged:               No

Original Media Information
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 ISBN:                   9780307711137
 Media:                  Library Download
 Number:                 9
 Source:                 Library

File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         9
 Total Duration:         10:38:08
 Total MP3 Size:         292.20
 Parity Archive:         No
 Ripped By:              A_S
 Ripped With:            Easy CD - DA Extractor
 Encoded With:           LAME 3.98
 Encoded At:             CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
 Normalize:              MP3Gain, Track 89dB
 Noise Reduction:        None
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3

Book Description
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It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") 
Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" 
for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. 
When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were 
sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, 
when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens 
- called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth 
a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), 
and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any 
case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It 
involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named 
J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the Happy 
Mouse Kingdom; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; 
and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. 
Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and 
comics sequences, this is a hilarious, perceptive, genre-bending novel 
by a remarkable new talent.


Reviews: 
AudioFile Magazine
      	
Aliens called Boov have invaded the earth and forced all Americans to 
move to Florida. Instead of going by rocketpod like the others, 11-year-old 
Gratuity Tucci drives from Pennsylvania in her mother's car with her 
cat, Pig. Along the way, she picks up a renegade Boov (with the earth 
name J.Lo because humans can't pronounce Boov names), who adapts her 
car so it can float. A hilarious, heartwarming buddy adventure is born! 
On audio we are denied the cartoons from the book, but who cares when 
we have the spirited and talented Bahni Turpin? Turpin is a vocal genius. 
She can express any emotion, and her timing accentuates every satirical 
line. Most remarkable are the two completely distinct characters who 
constantly play off each other--the feisty, self-reliant Gratuity and 
the droll, lip-smacking J.Lo. A.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 
(c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

