My Teacher Glows in the Dark by Bruce Coville

After much study, the aliens discover that Peter is latently and naturally telepathic, which is apparently quite rare in the galaxy. Peter agrees to have his brain examined, in an effort to determine if humanity's behavior is due to a biological condition.

This has led the aliens to study Earth to find out why we are the way we are, and divided the aliens into faction that variously believe Earth should be left alone, conquered, quarantined, or destroyed. Dangerous because we apparently have the largest brains (although we apparently don't use them to their full potential) and are close to discovering the secret of interstellar space flight. Uncivilized because we are unkind to one another: allowing starvation and deprivation, engaging in wars, destroying our environment, and generally behaving badly. Peter quickly learns that the galaxy is stranger than he had previously believed, Peter also discovers that the assembled alien races think humanity is uncivilized and dangerous. Hoo-Lan can glow in the dark, giving the book its title, although this doesn't become a plot point (making this the only book in the series where the title isn't a plot point). Peter is introduced to the alien Hoo-Lan who undertakes to serve as Peter's teacher to introduce Peter to the intergalactic society he has joined. Once on board, Peter is subjected to some rather unsettling albeit benign boarding procedures and finds himself in a truly alien world.

They swiftly travel to the far side of the Moon and rendezvous with the starship New Jersey (so named because the ship is the same size as New Jersey). The action starts in Kennituck Falls, as Peter and Broxholm evade those who are trying to capture the alien, quickly reaching Broxholm's ship and leaving the Earth. The book is told from Peter's perspective, making him the third viewpoint character in the series, the first two having been told from the perspective of Susan Simmons and Duncan Dougal respectively. The book describes the adventures of Peter Thompson after he left the Earth with the alien Broxholm at the end of My Teacher Is an Alien. He also discovers that the Earth is in terrible danger and it is up to him to save it.įull review: My Teacher Glows in the Dark is the third book in the My Teacher Is an Alien series.

Short review: Peter Thompson has left Earth and discovers that the galaxy is a stranger place than he thought.

My Teacher Glows in the Dark by Bruce Coville