Read the excerpt from "An Unsuspecting Hero."

This was not happening. I was not staring into the giant black eyes of an alien. Nope, I was definitely dreaming. I rubbed my eyes and blinked as hard as I could, but when I opened them, she was still standing there. Her skin was a shimmery purple, and she had tiny silver polka dots across her face. Her head tilted slowly from side to side like a broken seesaw trying to give one last ride.