Love is a UFO by Ken Spillman
An interesting title, not a bad cover. I have never read anything by Ken Spillman before, but it is always fun to find someone new.
Ossie is a troubled teen. His father is dead, his mother hates all men, his sister is annoying and life is tough. Somehow he has to survive a plague of post-it notes, a cold sore taking over his face, and a laughing psychologist. Working through these challenges would be difficult enough, but then he meets the girl…
This is a typical adolescent story told with a lightness and fun spirit that keeps the book entertaining, even at the serious points. I didn’t find it laugh-out-loud funny, but it was certainly amusing. The twist at the end came as a real surprise, but again Spillman handled it with a very light touch that respected the serious without dragging the whole book down.
