Students looking for something a bit different to read might enjoy this book. It was not easy to understand at first. I had to reread parts. Once I understood what was going on it was an okay book. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe by D. Adams.
Earth is headed toward destruction and the only survivors are an alien and a college student.
As luck would have it, two fellow hitchhikers in the wildest of spaceships pick them up as they ponder the meaning of life. A must read for science fiction lovers. Holes by Louis Sachar. There he has to dig a hole everyday to build character. But instead he fins his new friends, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.