Julian Rodriguez Episode One Trash Crisis on Earth

Julian Rodriguez is on a mission for the Mothership: to collect data on the "mini-brains" of planet Earth. To accomplish this he's gone undercover as a 12 year old child. However things have not gone as planned. For example even though he has repeatedly told his maternal unit that he requires "significant quantities of salts, fats and sugars," his mother provided him instead with "some woodlike sticks of something called carrot; a flavorless transparent liquid called water, which tastes like nothing at all; something called a veggie-dog, which is too disgusting for me even to put into words." A crisis is reached when Julian is asked to take out the trash while he is in the midst of performing invaluable research on the "fascinating earthly form of programming known as cartoons."

This book was hillarious, even the authour's bio made me laugh. "Like Julian Rodriguez he does his best to avoid taking out the garbage. 'I like trashy books and trashy people,' he explains. 'I just don't like trash." I can relate. The story is told in a mixture of prose and pen and ink drawings reminiscent of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. This is a great choice for reluctant readers and any child who enjoys a good laugh. Recommended for 4th, 5th and 6th.