Michael K. just started fifth grade at a new school. As if that wasn't hard enough, the kids he seems to have made friends with apparently aren't kids at all. They are aliens. Real aliens who have invaded our planet in the form of school children and a hamster.
They have a mission to complete: to convince 3,400,001 kids to BE SPHDZ. But with a hamster as their leader, "kids" who talk like walking advertisements, and Michael K as their first convert, will the SPHDZ be able to keep their cover and pull off their assignment?
Meet Cassie Knight. Bubbly,
stylish, and super-friendly,
she's the fashion queen at
her Texas school. But when
her father's job moves the
family to cold, snowy Maine,
Cassie's in for a huge culture
shock. At her new prep
school, the students are prim
and proper, and worst of all,
they don't find Cassie as
fabulous as she knows she is!
Then Cassie comes up with a brilliant idea for the school fundraiser.
If she can pull it off, she may just become Miss Popularity again... but if not, is she doomed to remain friendless forever?
Cassie Cyan Knight -- former
Texas girl, forever fashion
plate -- has finally started to
adjust to life in preppy, rural
Maine. But then Cassie learns
that the sixth grade is going
on a field trip... to a nature
preserve! There, Cassie will
have to endure hiking,
camping and -- gulp! --
white-water rafting. Worse,
how on earth is Cassie
supposed to survive without
cell reception and hair products?
But with a little luck, a lot of pluck, and her
supportive best friend, Etoile, Cassie may just conquer the wilderness after all -- and teach her classmates a thing or two about camping in style!
