Wanna Buy an Alien?

Wanna Buy an Alien?
By: Even Bunting
Science Fiction

It's Ben's eleventh birthday. Ben gets a birthday present from his friend Jason to ride to the planet Cham with an alien named Iku. In the package it has a letter dated two days later, a picture of Ben with the alien, hot rocks from the planet, and a recording of Ben talking to the alien. He soon learns that the alien is actually a bad alien and Ben's dog saves them from the mean alien.

This could lead into a creative writing activity about a time the student traveled to another planet and their experiences. It could also lead into a discussion about time machines and the student could write a creative story about an experience in a time machine.