What came from the stars /
Gary D. Schmidt.
- Boston : Clarion Books, 2012.
- 294 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Horn Book Starred, September 2012 Booklist, July 2012 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2012 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2012 Kirkus Review, May 2012
In a desperate attempt for survival, a peaceful civilization on a faraway planet besieged by a dark lord sends its most precious gift across the cosmos into the lunchbox of Tommy Pepper, sixth grader, of Plymouth, Massachusetts.