TY - BOOK AU - Cottrell Boyce,Frank TI - Sputnik's guide to life on Earth SN - 9780062643629 PY - 2017/// CY - New York, NY PB - Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers KW - Human-alien encounters KW - Juvenile fiction KW - End of the world KW - Boys KW - Families KW - Foster home care KW - Extraterrestrial beings KW - Science fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Originally published: London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2016; Ages 8-12 N2 - Separated from his aging caregiver grandfather and placed in a foster home, Prez forges an unusual friendship with an alien who appears as a dog to everyone else and entreats Prez to help compile a list of Earth's redeeming qualities to prevent the planet from being destroyed ER -