This is a very funny book with a surprise ending that will leave the reader guessing as he or she reads. Written by an educator who spends her day in the classroom, Paula Parton brings everything she knows about children into this book. The book is entertaining as it educates with plays on words and funny detail that will leave parent and child chuckling. Where is this planet where the many legged creatures read, write and speak just as we do? Who are the HU, and why do the creatures there read the classics? There is a war and a rescue and acid rain and love and marriage on this planet just like we have on our planet. They even travel to outer space, but exactly where is outer space? Paula Parton has created a brand new concept in children's literature that will fascinate, entice, and educate children of all ages; and that is only one of the surprise secrets of this book You must read to the very end if this delightful chapter book to find out all of the answers. But what are the questions? Read and discover it all for yourself | The Tic Chronicles by Paula Parton, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters