Together they head off to the Scriptorians' castle to rescue Joseph. In her quest to save her friend, Zita assembles a cadre of unusual cohorts: a giant mouse that she rides an oversize bloblike creature named Strong Strong a Heavily Armored Mobile Battle Orb known as One and Robot Randy. The fearless heroine follows him to a planet inhabited by Scriptorians, who intend to use him as a ritual sacrifice to prevent the destruction of their planet. Zita's curiosity compels her to press it, only to discover that it summons an alien creature that instantly abducts Joseph. School Library Journal - Gr 2–5-While exploring a meteoroid crater, young explorers Zita and Joseph discover an unusual device featuring a conspicuous red button. It’s fun, plenty funny, and more than a little random. Fortunately, Hatke’s got them, and he doles out an increasingly loony and charming array of aliens, robots, and unclassifiable blobs and hairy things for Zita (herself a cross between Ramona Quimby and a Matt Phelan waif) to encounter. Any story in which one can escape prison with a tube of “doorpaste” (just like toothpaste, except that it makes magic doors appear when smeared on a wall) obviously puts more stock in wowing imaginations than satisfying logic, and it needs solid cartooning chops to back it up.
She makes some allies, takes off after him, and zany mishaps and dashing adventures ensue. Zita follows and lands on a delightfully bizarre alien planet, where she sees Joseph being captured by a tentacled, scuba-headed creature. Of course, no one could resist pushing a mystery button, which pops open an interdimensional portal that whisks Joseph away. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (01/11)īooklist - For no reason at all, a little red button crashes to earth while Zita and her pal Joseph are out cavorting around. Download a Teacher's Guide Accelerated Reader Information:Ĭommon Core Standards Grade 3 → Reading → RL Literature → 3.RL Key Ideas & Details Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Key Ideas & Details Grade 4 → Reading → RF Foundational Skills → 4.RF Fluency Reviews: Zita follows after him and finds she must rescue him.
Zita and Joseph tamper with a device found in a meteoroid crater which allows an alien to abduct Joseph to another universe.
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