Rex Zero and the end of the world vs Spaceheadz: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Rex Zero and the end of the world Rex Zero and the end of the world Tim Wynne-Jones · 2006 ★★★★☆ 3.6 186 pages · ≈ 3 h 27 m · Moderate

In the summer of 1962 with everyone nervous about a possible nuclear war, ten-nearly-eleven-year-old Rex, having just moved to Ottawa from Vancouver with his parents and five siblings, faces his own personal challenges…

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Cover of Spaceheadz Spaceheadz Jon Scieszka · 2010 ★★★★☆ 4.0 174 pages · ≈ 3 h 13 m · Moderate

On his first day at Brooklyn's P.S. 858, fifth-grader Michael K. is teamed with two very strange students, and while he gradually comes to believe they are aliens who need his help, he has trouble convincing anyone else…

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Goodreads 3.5 (138) 4.0 (180)
Hardcover 3.0 (1) —

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Rex Zero and the end of the worldSpaceheadz
Ratings 138 180
Editions 6 9
Want to read 80 89
Reading it now 2 6
Written reviews 30 30
Pages 186 174

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