The Rise and Fall of El Solo Libre

Gr 3–6—Herbert, Alex, and Sammi are back in all their AlienSlaying fame and glory in this sequel to Herbert's Wormhole (HarperCollins, 2009). With the help of their alien-slaying replica space suits from their favorite video game, AlienSlayer 2, they climb onto Alex's jungle gym and travel through a wormhole 100 years into the future. There they are famous for slaying evil aliens in a world where G'Daliens coexist with humans. When Alex eggs on the G'Daliens' archenemies, bullies known as the Klapthorians, he finds himself in a battle to determine Earth's fate, and his only hope is to find his 111-year-old self to help the trio defeat the villains. Although the book is only moderately paced, the plot is humorous and the characters are fairly well developed. The black-and-white drawings are amusing and add to the story. Fans of the first book and readers who enjoy science fiction, adventure, aliens, and humor will like this one.—Kira Moody, Whitmore Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT