Aliens Ate My Homework is the first of a series of four books by Bruce Coville

Bruce Coville

Bruce Coville is an American author of children's and young adult novels. He was born in Syracuse, New York and lives there currently; he has spent most of his life there, leaving to attend Duke University and then to live in New York City....

. The series is generally referred to as Bruce Coville's Alien Adventures or Rod Allbright's Alien Adventures. Aliens Ate My Homework was first published by Aladdin

Aladdin Paperbacks

Aladdin Paperbacks is one of several children's-book imprints owned by Simon & Schuster.It was established by Jean E. Karl at Atheneum Books where she was the founding director of the children's department . Atheneum merged with or was acquired by Scribner's in 1978, then MacMillan in 1984, before...

 in 1993.

Plot summary

Early one May, sixth-grader Rod Allbright is launched into the adventure of a lifetime when a tiny alien spaceship (the good ship Ferkel of the Galactic Patrol) crashes in his room, changing his life forever. Now, Rod finds himself aiding the aliens on their mission: to capture BKR , an interstellar criminal whose mission in life is to cause as much pain and misery as he can. Ultimately, Rod is able to help the crew of the Ferkel in returning to their normal sizes, and defeating BKR.

Other books in the series

• I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X
  I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X
  I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X is the second book in the children's science fiction series Rod Allbright's Alien Adventures. The series was written by Bruce Coville. I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X was first published in 1994.-Plot summary:...
  
  
• The Search For Snout
  The Search For Snout
  The Search For Snout is the third book in the series Rod Allbright's Alien Adventures. It was written by Bruce Coville and first published in 1995. In the UK it was published under the title Aliens Stole My Dad.-Plot summary:...
  
  (UK title: Aliens Stole My Dad)
• Aliens Stole My Body
  Aliens Stole My Body
  Aliens Stole My Body is a children's science fiction novel by Bruce Coville that was first published in 1998. This is the fourth book in a series about the fictional character Rod Albright. The illustrations and the front cover were done by the author's wife, Katherine Coville.-Plot...