It's Hank's worst nightmare - there's a new craze sweeping Westbrook school and it's all about books. Hank struggles to keep up as everyone from his own family to his best friends race their way through the newly-published final instalment of the world-famous Alien Adventures. Matters go from bad to worse when headmaster Mr Joy announces that the books' author is about to make a very special visit. When his classmates' books get confiscated by Miss Adolf, Hank inevitably gets the blame. Can he possibly put things right?