The True Meaning of Smekday Themes

We'll admit it: An alien invader on the run from his own people doesn't seem like the best candidate for a BFF, but in The True Meaning of Smekday, that's what Tip is faced with when she meets J.Lo...

Most of the characters in The True Meaning of Smekday are lying—if not to others, then to themselves. Take the Boov, for example. They're deceitful about what their intentions for earth (or shoul...

Chances are decent that at some point in growing up, an adult's blown you off or dismissed your understanding of something just because you're younger than them. And if this has irked you to know e...

Boov and Gorg are not real (as far as we know—if you're out there, Boov, we sincerely apologize). So why do both species of aliens make an appearance in The True Meaning of Smekday? Sure it makes...

In case you missed the bit where the aliens landed and took over the planet, let us spell it out for you: The True Meaning of Smekday is about warfare with aliens. At first, the war is just between...

Looks may only be skin deep, but at the same time, no one can see your brain from twenty feet away. So while we might like to believe we're not judged by how we look, folks definitely are in The Tr...

Tip's essay might get chosen to go in the time capsule to be read one hundred years from now, but that doesn't stop time all together. In fact, time marches on pretty quickly in The True Meaning of...

One of the things that makes alien invasion so scary is that they are foreigners. Sure, the laser eyes don't help, but if you think about it, the humans don't even give the Boov or Gorg a chance in...