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Night of the Living Toilet Paper (Alien Survival Guide #2) <\/i>by Kevin Garone<\/p>\n
Temor Press, 2025<\/p>\n
ISBN: 9788991328449<\/p>\n
Available: Hardcover, paperback, ebook edition (pre-order)<\/p>\n
Buy:\u00a0Bookshop.org<\/a> \u00a0| Amazon.com <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The irresistible, alien-chasing young scamps are back! Thankfully, author Garone thought his prior book, I Know What UFO Did Last Summer<\/i>, was good enough to continue the story. Night, <\/i>while a bit different in scope, has all the charm and enchantment of the original.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Night, <\/i>original members Marvin (code name: Gold Leader), Jace (code name: Baller One) and Nora (code name: Space Cadet) all return, and they have expanded their ranks to include Kenji Kowahara (code name: Pyro). You can guess what his specialty\/obsession is!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The story finds the four of them trying to destroy a giant animated mass of toilet paper, which is under control of a Sleech, one of the creatures from the first book. It\u2019s a good story and written as well as the first: it\u2019s just a bit smaller\/more focused in scope. The first book had the team in a few different places, (woods, a super secret lab) and tackling a few different related problems. This time, it\u2019s pretty much the team vs. the paper monster in their neighborhood: that\u2019s the crux of almost all the story. Does it work? Yes, very well, it just isn\u2019t as broad of a plot. Think of it as a smaller version of the original, but just as good (kind of like those downloadable expansions they do for video games these days).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are some good modifications from the first book. For one, the kids really don\u2019t get any help this time. It\u2019s up to them alone to use their ingenuity and make the right decisions to outwit the creature, and that\u2019s what makes the characters and their specialties stand out. Marvin and Jace are still good as team leader and tactics officer, respectively, but Nora\u2019s character plays a bigger role this time, with her developing abilities as a backyard mechanic proving critical to the team. Kenji also has a big part, as his fire obsession comes in very handy when the team is on the defensive against the TP monster. As before, it’s the comradeship between them all that carries the story. The author may be planning ahead, as there are some very slight hints that the kids may be starting to mature. They have to deal with the actual loss of a person– a minor character– but a loss nevertheless, and there are a couple other subtle hints.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bottom line is, if you liked the first one, you don\u2019t want to miss this. It has all the characteristics that made the first one such a pleasant surprise. Whether they are trying to use an inflatable mattress as a boat, or riding motorcycles while spitting flames, it\u2019s hard to avoid loving the antics of Marvin and his team. Certainly recommended!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reviewed by Murray Samuelson<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Night of the Living Toilet Paper (Alien Survival Guide #2) by Kevin Garone Temor Press, 2025 ISBN: 9788991328449 Available: Hardcover, paperback, ebook edition (pre-order) Buy:\u00a0Bookshop.org \u00a0| Amazon.com The irresistible, alien-chasing young scamps are back! Thankfully, author Garone thought his prior book, I Know What UFO Did Last Summer, was good enough to continue the<\/p>\n