Ben’s best friend has moved away, and now he’s stuck doing his living history project with Charlotte and Akemi…can this school year get any worse? But that’s the least of his worries because when the three unlikely friends interview a Sneak expert, they discover a world of aliens hiding in plain sight while trying to decode her mysterious book and close the gap between dimensions, stop the Sneaks, and save their world. This novel is a story about friendship, loyalty, teamwork, and bravery. It lends itself well in an intermediate classroom as a read-aloud, for a novel study or in small-group literature circles. The science fiction book combines adventure and mystery and allows teachers to support the theme of not judging others because things may not always be as they appear.