My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville

 

     
     
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Books by Bruce C oville
     
     
    The A.I. Gang Trilogy Operation Sherlock Robot Trouble Forever Begins Tomorrow
    Bruce Coville's Alien Adventures Aliens Ate My Homework I Left My Sneakers in
    Dimension X The Search for Snout Aliens Stole My Body
    Camp Haunted Hills How I Survived My Summer
    Vacation Some of My Best Friends Are
    Monsters The Dinosaur That Followed Me Home
    I Was A Sixth Grade Alien I Was A Sixth Grade Alien The Attack of the Two-Inch
    Teacher I Lost My Grandfather's Brain Peanut Butter Lover Boy Zombies of the Science Fair Don't Fry My Veeblax! Too Many Aliens Snatched From Earth There's an Alien in My Backpack The Revolt of the Miniature
    Mutants There's an Alien in My Underwear Farewell to Earth
    Magic Shop Books Jennifer Murdley's Toad Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher The Monster's Ring The Skull of Truth
    My Teacher Books My Teacher is an Alien My Teacher Fried My Brains My Teacher Glows in the Dark My Teacher Flunked the Planet
     
    Space Brat Books Space Brat
     
    Space Brat v. Blork's Evil Twin Space Brat 3: The Wrath of Squat Space Brat 4: Planet of the Dips Space Brat 5-: The Saber-toothed Poodnoobie
    The Dragonslayers Goblins in the Castle Monster of the Year The World's Worst Fairy Godmother
    Bruce Cavillers Chamber ofHorrors #1 Amulet of Doom #i Spirits and Spells #3 Eyes of the Tarot #4. Waiting Spirits
    Oddly Enough Space Station Ice-3
     

    Bruce Coville
    Illustrated by
    Mike Wimmer
     
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    To my sixth-grade teacher,
    Florence Crandall, who told me to write a story
     
    If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this "stripped book."
    This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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    ISBN 1-4169-0334-8
     

     

 

     
     
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    Contents
     
    What would you do if you found out your teacher was an alien? 2

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    Books by Bruce Coville 4

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    CHAPTER ONE - Missing— One Sixth-Grade Teacher 7

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    CHAPTER TWO - Note of Doom 14

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    CHAPTER THREE - An Unearthly Noise 20

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    CHAPTER FOUR - Broxholm 26

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    CHAPTER FIVE - How Strong Is an Alien's Nose? 32

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    CHAPTER SIX - Drafting Peter 37

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    CHAPTER SEVEN - Night Expedition 43

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    CHAPTER EIGHT - The Alien's Lair 49

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    CHAPTER NINE - The Force Field in the Attic 55

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    CHAPTER TEN - Solo Effort 61

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    CHAPTER ELEVEN - Parent Conference 68

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    CHAPTER TWELVE - Things Get Weirder 74

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    CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Rumors 80

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    CHAPTER FOURTEEN - What Can Duncan Dougal Do? 86

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    CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Hookey for Three 91

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    CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Duncan's Disaster