Pleskit's new in school. He's also purple, bald and has a single stalk growing out of the top of his head! It's going to be an interesting first term . . .
Imagine if the first alien kid to land on Earth was sent to your school - not in secret, but with the kind of open fanfare of Chelsea Clinton going to Stanford or Prince Harry attending Eton. That's what happened at Tim Tompkin's school. This is Tim's story.
Pleskit's pet Veeblax is a chameleon - able to become any shape or texture - from a plant to a teacup - which causes not a little surprise to Tim and his classmates! But when the Veeblax escapes, it takes all Pleskit's powers to stop a major incident occurring . . .