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The True Meaning of Smekday
by Adam Rex
When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (or "Smekday" Eve since the Boov invasion),
11 year-old Tip hops in the family car and heads south to find her
and meets an alien Boov mechanic who agrees to help her and save the planet from disaster. -- CIP

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