Derek Taylor Kent

Describes a year at Scary School, where werewolves, zombies, and humans mingle and the teachers range from dragons to vampires.

Young Simon Beck is terrified of his upcoming astronomy test, that is until a friendly alien named Neil Newton shows up and takes him a tour of the Solar System that he will never forget. But zipping around space isn't as easy as it seems when they have to dodge ice rocks in Saturn's rings and escape a dust storm on Mars. In the end, Simon becomes an expert on all the planets and even the Sun, but his teacher has a surprise for him at the end!