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 | Penelope Quagmire and the Lizard Men from Outer Space by Hal W. Lanse | Reviewed by Betsy Pabrinkis | |
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| Publisher: ImaJinn Books
http://www.imajinnbooks.com/ ISBN: 1893896463 Genre: Children/Young Adults Subgenre: Children 9-12, Science Fiction Release date: January 2001 Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Price: $8.50 | |||
| Ozzie, Orlando, and Anissa are the best of friends, united against the school bully, Fang Finnegan, and his gang, the Green Rattlers. They are tired of being teased by Fang for their intelligence and also tired of having their projects and plans ruined by his slingshot. When Fang sets Anissa's pet free, the trio of friends decide that enough is enough and they plan their revenge. But will their revenge get in the way of the plans they have to spy on their teacher, Penelope Quagmire?
Penelope Quagmire is a teacher with a secret; we just don't know what it is. The principal who hired her has left, the filing cabinet with her personal records was destroyed in a fire, and she has this habit of sitting at her telescope all night long when there is a full moon. When Ozzie, Orlando, and Anissa set out to discover the reason for her vigil, they find something more than they had bargained for. Suddenly they are in outer space, landing on a planet inhabited by lizard men and dinosaurs. The three students must draw upon their talents and strengths to survive the experience, using their ingenuity for survival rather than for revenge, as at the beginning of the story. But will their ingenuity be enough to get them back to Earth again? While the beginning of the book was disturbing in its focus on revenge and getting even, the rest of the book more than made up for that flaw. The rest of the story was a delightful sci-fi adventure that shattered stereotypes. All four characters faced both physical and mental challenges and met all of them with equal success. It was an Indiana Jones meets lizard men in outer space adventure. My one huge complaint is the ending -- we never find out Miss Quagmire's secret, and the reader is left hanging waiting for Hal Lanse's next book. | |||
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