Review of Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches from Outer Space!

Sindhu Srinath · Post by **Sindhu Srinath** » 06 Dec 2024, 03:29

Funny? Sign me up! Excellent review! I think I'll be hooked onto this book for sure! I want to dive into Violet's adventure immediately!

Post by **Bethel Saint Bright** » 06 Dec 2024, 03:49

Kids will always be curious. You don't expect them to see a spaceship and not want to explore it. Thankfully, this story is a mix of satire and humour.

Chiagozie Ekwulundu · Post by **Chiagozie Ekwulundu** » 06 Dec 2024, 04:14

Thank you for this engaging review. The humor and creativity in this book shines through your description. I appreciate the book's idea of mixing a child's innocent curiosity—like Willys eating a sandwich from a spaceship—with the chaos that follows. The combination of action, relatable characters, and sharp political satire makes this book sound like a unique gem.

I like how you highlighted the dynamic between Violet and her brothers, as well as Brad's fears of alien parasites. A nice read, I believe.

mytkreadingreview · Post by **mytkreadingreview** » 06 Dec 2024, 04:58

The book is about this 4kids found a spaceship hidden in the forest. The story start Violet Wilson who decided to take her brother's in a hike, and as time goes by her brother Brad became afraid with alien parasites and superpowers, now my huge question is will she be to protect her brother.

Margi zuu202 · Post by **Margi zuu202** » 10 Dec 2024, 13:41

her brother brad fears that his impetuous little brother will be infected by alien parasite even worse he might get superpowers .. recommend

Wayne Brinda · Post by **Wayne Brinda** » 12 Dec 2024, 15:06

I'm not sure if "Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches from Outer Space!" by I.S. Noah was written as a satire or a young adult fantasy book. As a satire of today, the author includes specific references to the incoming president with quotes like "Fake News," MAGA hats, and "Fight, fight, fight." Also, the reference to "Vote stolen," and Rudy Guiliani is even a character in the novel. Also, the name of the agent being "Agent Orange." Young readers may not know this character and the references, so the satire may not work. Also, satire needs an element of truth.

As a young adult novel, the characters relate to children, especially with the italicized inner thoughts. It would be helpful to identify the ages of Violet and the children early in the story instead of the reader discovering, "In five years, will be in college." However, the overall situation of eating an alien who was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, encountering Sasquatch, and going through that federal screening process seems a bit far-fetched. With fantasy, there needs to be some verisimilitude in the situations. Children may like the "holograph vomit" and "puking" as "Eeeoww" moments, but again, my question is the genre of the book and the author's intent. Specifically, with those thoughts and finding myself skimming through the book, I rate the book as a 2 out of 5.

Shri McGaley · Post by **Shri McGaley** » 15 Dec 2024, 16:43

I may just be a bit old for this humour, but to me the humour the author uses is slightly annoying. The story is intriguing, I definitely wanted to keep reading but I could not bring myself to like Violet. Pamela, on the other hand, you could tell the author wrote her as a likeable character with clear experience working with children. I do agree with your review however that the political satire was definitely amusing and more middle school targeted. The political satire I could enjoy despite not being that into politics myself, I do agree that it most definitely pointed out frequently discussed and debated elements of politics many of us can relate to hearing everyday.