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Square Fish

Just the Series: The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut Vol. 2

Series and Publisher: The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut

Annotation: When his neighbor claims she was abducted by "alien doughnuts from outer spastry," an astonished Arnie discounts the story until he is abducted himself, a situation that prompts a daring escape plan.

Genre: [Humorous fiction] [Mystery fiction]

Reviews: 2

Catalog Number: #119962

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Chapter Book

Publisher: Square Fish

Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 05/10/16

Pages: 126 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 1-250-07965-9 Perma-Bound: 0-605-94220-X

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-250-07965-7 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-94220-2

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2013042139

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Doughnuts. Fiction.
Alien abduction. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book

Arnie the Doughnut narrates his second adventure with caretaker Mr. Bing and friend Peezo (a pizza slice), in which Earth is threatened by a bizarre invasion. When wacky puns, eccentric characters, and doughnuts from outer space mix together with Keller's recognizable illustrations, it's a recipe for a deliciously zany story. Keller even works in a secret alien-doughnut language (think Pig Latin).

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Word Count: 4,761

Reading Level: 3.9

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.9 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 164554 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.5 / points:4.0 / quiz:Q63126

Lexile: 730L

CHAPTER 1

The WHOLE TIME I thought it was the meatball who did it, but it turned out to be that sweet little french fry. It was the scariest movie I’ve EVER seen. I have to give it my highest rating—
ARNie and Peezo at the MOVIES
I didn’t like it one bit.
It wasn’t even scary.
WHAT?!
Was the director SLEEPING when he made this film? He completely ruined the scene where the meatball and the french fry come face-to-face. Any good director knows that a little dramatic lighting and some high/low camera angles make things WAY scarier. I’m giving it my lowest rating—0 out of 5 pizza toppings!
Ya see, that’s one of the things I like best about being friends with Peezo—we don’t always agree on everything but we STILL get along.
Hey, a bunch of news trucks are in the parking lot. I bet Queenie LaTaffy is being interviewed again. Queenie LaTaffy is the latest teen tuba-playing sensation, and she passed through town last week to visit her aunt Chewy.
Peezo LOVES her and wants to get her autograph more than anything.
Her new song, OOMPAH-OOMPAH WOW-WOW, has been #1 on the TOP 40 TUBA HITS chart for three weeks in a row!
Peezo, I think Queenie LaTaffy is outside.
Queenie LaTaffy!
Queenie LaTaffy!
Queenie LaTaffy!
Sorry, guys, she’s still on her “OOMPA-OOMPA WOW-WOW Out-of-This-WORLD” tour.
Awww, DARN.
There, there.
The newspeople aren’t interviewing Queenie LaTaffy or ANY famous person—they’re interviewing my neighbor, Loretta Schmoretta! I wonder what’s going on.
Folks, it looks like we’ve got a real outer space—or in THIS case, outer SPASTRY—story on our hands. Loretta Schmoretta is the sixteenth person today claiming to have been abducted by alien doughnuts, then released after the aliens stole their Downtown Bakery doughnuts! Tell us more, Loretta.
Okay.
Well, I was walking through the parking lot to my apartment with my bag of DOWNTOWN BAKERY doughnuts when I heard a LOUD CLINKING noise overhead. I looked up and saw a FLYING SAUCER floating above me! Actually, it was a flying CUP and saucer. I tried to run but a glowing beam of green, sticky jelly stopped me in my tracks. SUDDENLY I was inside the spacecraft, surrounded by gigantic DOUGHNUT CREATURES! There must have been a DOZEN of them!
They kept staring at me and mumbling to one another. I couldn’t understand a word they said. They just stared and mumbled.
STARED AND MUMBLED.
STARED AND MUMBLED.
STARED AND MUBLED
Yeah, we get it.
THEN what happened?
Then they grabbed my doughnuts, and next thing I knew I was back on the ground. I saw them fly off and I haven’t seen them since!
Loretta Schmoretta, why do you think the aliens are abducting Earthling doughnuts? Do you think they’re rescuing them before they come back to take over Earth?
Oh, dear. I hadn’t thought of THAT. I bet you’re right.
Well, you heard it HERE, folks—ALIEN DOUGHNUTS FROM OUTER SPASTRY ARE PLANNING TO TAKE OVER EARTH BECAUSE WE EAT DOUGHNUTS!

Copyright © 2014 by Laurie Keller

Excerpted from Invasion of the Ufonuts by Laurie Keller
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The slapstick shenanigans continue in Invasion of the Ufonuts , the hilarious second book in Laurie Keller's Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut series. Arnie finds himself in trouble when his neighbor, Loretta Schmoretta, begins telling news reporters that she was the victim of an alien abduction. And not just any aliens--alien doughnuts from outer spastry , who will continue the abductions until people stop eating doughnuts! Although Arnie thinks this is a ridiculous story, he notices that everyone is treating him differently, as if he is an alien doughnut rather than just a doughnut-dog. And then Arnie gets abducted! Arnie must think fast in order to rescue his fellow doughnuts and the townspeople from the alien invaders. This title has Common Core connections. A Christy Ottaviano Book Praise for the Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut series ( Bowling Alley Bandit, Invasion of the UFOnuts , and The Spinny Icky Showdown ): "A bowling tournament gives the rolling raconteur introduced in the 2003 picture book Arnie the Doughnut fresh scope for wisecracks and wild misadventures. . . . Like triumphant Mr. Bing, Keller walks off with a 'Stiffy Stu McShiny' award for this yummy chapter-book series opener." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review, for Bowling Alley Bandit "Keller shrewdly targets hesitant readers with an abundance of goofy comedy." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, for Bowling Alley Bandit "Should be a winner with reluctant readers who . . . are ready for a generous dose of extreme silliness." - Childrens Literature for Invasion of the Ufonuts

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