Books like My Teacher Glows in the Dark by Bruce Coville
Peter Thompson discovers his newest teacher can glow in the dark, and with his classmates Susan and Duncan he must face an interplanetary conspiracy. As a spaceship full of aliens is set to leave Earth, Peter realizes he is the only one who can stop the alien plot.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Bruce Coville
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