Class Pet Catastrophe

Pleskit, a schoolboy from another world, owns a Veeblax, a pet that can change its shape. When his classmate Jordan calls his claims about the creature's powers a lie, Pleskit decides to prove him wrong by bringing the Veeblax to class, without checking with his parents first.

The plan goes badly when the creature frightens a classmate named Misty, and the fallout becomes an intergalactic incident. As things spiral, Pleskit may lose his pet, his teacher may lose her job, and Earth may lose the advantages of its connection to the alien world.

Pleskit thinks his best option is to go into hiding with the Veeblax, but being the only purple kid on the planet makes concealment hard. Fleeing also proves risky, since something, or someone, seems to be tracking him. This sixth title in the Sixth-Grade Alien series is a fast-paced science fiction story for younger readers by Bruce Coville, author of Aliens Ate My Homework and My Teacher Is an Alien.