My Life As Alien Monster Bait

Nobody was acting the way they were supposed to. I mean, think about it:

-         My brother Brock pretends to like me…

-         Dad uses me to impress his boss…

-         Reptile Man treats me like a human being…

-         Melissa Sue Avcarice gives me a juicy smack in public…

I mean on the McDoogle Weirdness Scale of 1-10 this was definitely pushing an 11.There there was the way I treated Opera – like pond scum. It really bugged me. Amazing… one little part in one little movie and suddenly everybody goes schizoid on me. Everybody, including me!

Book: My Life as Alien Monster Bait (The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle #2) by Bill Myers, Word Publishers, 1993

Genre: Adventure, Comedy

Target Audience: Boys 11-15

Subjects: Pride, Humility, Friendship

Summary: One line. One scream and the whole world changes. Well, more like quite a few screams. After all, one has to rehearse if they are going to star in a movie. No one cares how little of a part Wally has in the movie, all that matters is Wally is a movie star! He can get them connected with other movie stars! He can get them roles in movies! Wally falls for it – hard. He even goes so far as to consider himself above his fellow “dork-oids” friends. He doesn’t want to be seen associating with them any longer. How far will his pride let him fall before he becomes humbled?

Notes: The Wally McDoogle series focuses on a twelve year old boy that is impressively clumsy. He calls himself a “dork-oid”, someone he describes like this: “While everyone else is wearing hot new fashions, we’re sporting frozen-oldie hand-me-downs. While everyone else has these terrific put downs, we usually say something stupid or, worse yet, polite.” Whenever an opportunity for adventure comes up, Wally finds a way to accidentally get himself into trouble. In the process he learns some lesson from the Bible.

In My Life As Alien Monster Bait, Wally learns of the dangers of pride and the value of humility, as well as what real friendship is.

Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 4/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

James 4:10 – Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.