Superbird Book Report

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Superbird
Brian Tomlinson

Superbird is the story about aliens who come to Earth with a vessel called Superbird. Mary Mount was the only one of the five who had survived. Mary tells her story to a reporter of the Daily Star. They told the reporter on the tragic landing where two of the crew were killed and a badly injured. Mary and Sam ran away, but Sam was shot. Mary ran to a house where she was taken care of. They made friends with people and learned to speak their language. They helped the people to the Superbird to fix it. And finally after 9 months the Superbird was ready and Mary could go home. On the way home came two people strange on Mary Road and they kill them with gas. Mary was found in the desert and stayed for 6 months in the

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