How to Properly Dispose of Planet Earth

Written by Paul Noth

Part of the How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens series

A boy's quest for courage opens a black hole threatening the solar system.

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192 pages

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Happy Conklin Jr., a 10-year-old with a peculiar problem, accidentally opens a black hole in his school while trying to impress a classmate. With the solar system at risk, Hap must race against time to fix his mistake. Aided by his sister Kayla and thwarted by sister Alice, Hap uncovers a shocking family secret: Grandma's galactic ambitions. Can Hap save the world and win over his lab partner, or will his family's quirks spell cosmic disaster?

From the publisher

Popular New Yorker cartoonist Paul Noth continues his illustrated middle grade series about a boy, his wacky family, and an out-of-this-world adventure in this laugh-out-loud sequel to How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens. Happy Conklin Jr. is still the only 10-year-old who has to shave three times a day, thanks to being tested on by his inventor father. And it’s safe to say Hap is the only 10-year-old who accidentally sold his entire family to aliens. The good news is that Hap managed to save his family–including his tyrannical Grandma–but now the Conklins face a problem that might put the whole world in danger . . . Hap wants a girl in his sixth-grade science class to be his lab partner but lacks the courage to even talk to her. Through the mysterious powers of Squeep! the lizard, he finds a way to overcome this fear but also, unfortunately, opens a black hole in his middle school that will swallow the solar system unless he’s able to stop it. In his race against time to save everything, he’s helped by his sister Kayla, greatly hindered by his sister Alice, and uncovers the truth about Grandma’s plan to take over the Galaxy.

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