Review: The Real Adventure Is Here
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2012
Have you read books that were for children and also very much for adults?  Well here is one you can add to that category.  This story is one that gets better and better, the more you read it.  It gets better as the story goes on.  That is rare.  Mixing comedy with sci-fi was a brilliant act of genius by MJ Ware.There are some memorable characters that each have such a unique personality.  Toby Bucket and Ms. Brass will not be forgotten as they both had very impressionable personalities.  Ms. Brass was the teacher from Haites it seemed.  She wasn't to be messed with.  She enforced her rules with a whap & smack ruler!  Toby didn't want to be abducted but feared he would.  Will he? Will they?What stands out about Zack and Zoey's Alien Apocalypse is the wording of the book.  It doesn't fit into any normal use of vocabulary in the English language.  Ware's words expound upon human thought and awareness to see the words.  You can see what is going on without the cool illustrations that are every few pages.There is adventure, suspense, comedy, sci-fi, drama, and loads of action in this book.  You get to see into a Doogi- Howser-type-smart "Sunny"  who uses her limitless intellectual abilities to make fast decisions and assist the earthlings.  See children be quick-witted risk takers, and assist adults in many ways to take their society back... and add some normalcy to everyone's life.  However things may never be "normal" again.This is an easy read.  It allows one to understand what is going on, even if their vocabulary is as developed as an adult's.  So, children who are elementary school and learning how to read, can easily adapt to the book with some assistance from an adult.  Adults may even look up a few words in the dictionary.  Not many.The descriptions of the constant battles between the aliens and the earthlings are so detailed that you can't put this book down.  Well... I didn't.Want to see a depiction of aliens not reaching their goal?  Want to see one of earthlings not reaching theirs?  You can get to see alien's through the children's eyes of the school that never gave up.  You can see the geriatric population in the book making you smile and laugh as you see a whole new sense of humor come out from Ware's awareness of how to captivate his readers.Life can be simple.  It can be an adventure.  But Zack and Zoey are here to make sure life isn't too short.  They want to get through the school year and have everyone be able to be free of the slimy, slithering aliens that decide to overtake the world, and especially America.