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	My Name is Henrietta "I’m proud of my long red plats and bright spitting freckles over my nose. I keep house for her parents that's “all the hovering, dusting, washing, ironing, the cooking and I even mow dad's lawns. I was very happy until I found out that my parents didn’t want me any more. They weren't my parents at all. Only after an Alien called Eanie Meanie visited me did I start to untangle the mysteries of the old coat in which the Fritzgrumpys found me. We started an adventure to uncover my past and to find the portal to Netherworld. First, in Hitherworld I met the malevolent Geegle and his bewitching violin. Then the three of us went on a series of adventures to find my family. We'd to make a boy called Arthur before starting our search at my school. We didn't realise someone was waiting for us to arrive at out destination?" If you really want to find out what happens in this thrilling and humorous adventure you will need the key. That is to read my book… Lookman [2008]		ISBN No.978 1 906710 07 Published by Pen Press   £5.99
	Exerts from the book... "Henrietta really liked being called Henri. She compared her life with her friend Emily at her junior school. I suppose my parents are rather strange. I never eat the same as my parents. They really care for me! Instead, I eat what they call ‘special food for kids', like porridge, never a chip or a hamburger like other children. They never go to my parents’ evenings, or to my school sport’s days. We’ve no TV and rarely listened to the radio. I’m pleased my parents are always completely absorbed by each other. They’re a nice married couple. However, Henri had upset them and feared them..." more ----------------------------------- In the playground, she noticed the other children started behaving differently towards her. Boys in grey trousers and red polo shirts stopped playing football, held their hands to their faces sniggering at her. Girls pointed towards her gathering in groups and giggled. Her calm blue-eyed playmate Emily, a petite girl with yellow flowing hair, came to greet her as she did every morning. "Hi Henri, do you want to play? Emily said. “What’s up with those boys?” Henri gestured with a frown. “Oh! I don’t know. They’re boys.” Emily grimaced. Then Emily suggested playing tag. They ran back and forth calling each other “it,” “you’re it,” “no you’re it,” “it,” “you’re it,” until Emily ran behind Henri and walked away from her. Henri thought, where’s Emily gone? Henri felt all on her own in the bustling playground. She decided to lean against the red brick wall of the school buildings. All the laughing and giggling at her expense stopped, children instead pointed at her and started whispering while turning their backs to her. Others whispered behind their hands as they looked in her direction. more  ----------------------------------- In a conversation between the alien Eanie Meanie and his spaceships computer SNOT. The two intrepid explorers decided to take a break for tea and have their favourite biscuits, after doing so much hardwork.  INFORMATION: Even advanced Earth Computers one day will take tea breaks, to relax and put their feet up after all their hard work, calculating, and finding information.		Tweet   Reviews... Bettie Corbin Tucker “...this well-written book that is guaranteed to keep  young  eyes glued to the pages. I recommend Henriand the Alien as a “must read” for children who wish to share the trip to Netherworld with Henri, her classmates, Eanie Meanie and Geegle. After reading this book from the beginning to the end, they will eagerly be awaiting the sequel.”                                                                             www.bookreviewers.org/henri_and_the_alien.htm Michael Flowers, author of Jacka "Definitely an avid reader’s book! If you are passionate about boosting your imagination power through the fantasy genre, then allow Lookman to journey with you through his Henri And The Alien… and you get to keep the wand! This is definitely an avid reader’s book. Deborah Hockenberry "In this imaginative and magical tale, Lookman skillfully takes you into two fantasy worlds in this wonderful story. ‘Henri and The Alien’ will unleash your imagination taking you with Henri on her adventures to find her real parents. Author Laurie Foston alias Cheryl Haynes "Adults who love fantasy will find this very fulfilling as a fantasy adventure with a touch of science fiction and has facts inserted in the comments throughout the story that stimulate the reader to research further into other cultures.Adults who love fantasy will find this very fulfilling as a fantasy adventure with a touch of science fiction and has facts inserted in the comments throughout the story that stimulate the reader to research further into other cultures. Redhill and Reigate Life, 13th August 2008 The third book by Lookman it tells a story which is out of this world… Telling the story of a girl called Henrietta, whose miserable home life attracts the attention of a green tentacled alien, the book promises a strange and perilous adventure far from Earth.”

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It all started with a Coat		Then a letterbox		followed by an Alien		Then I met someone		I found  paradise
and I admired a cat		The table lamp went mad		Then we made a boy		and then the trouble began...		It went on... and went on... and on.

	Henri and the Alien by Lookman The blurb Henrietta’s life is different to that of her school pals – her purpose ids to serve her unloving parents as a dutiful daughter by cooking their meals, washing up and carrying out all the household chores. One day, Henri’s life is turned upside down with the discovery that her grumpy dad and her pampered mum are not her real parents… and are thinking of sending her away to a home. That is when her tears of sadness are picked up on a supersound receiver by Eanie Meanie – a green, tentacled alien and together they embark on a strange and perilous adventure which takes them far away from the earth.
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	What are the Main Characters like?

	Henrietta We are looking for a sincere hardworking freckled girl with long red hair to act out the main role. She is in the last year of primary school aged between 10 to 11 years old. She finds out that the stork delivered her to the wrong house and her supposed parents only wanted her to keep house for them. She starts her quest for identity from an old coat. She must be able to persuade an audience that she can make snap decisions and at other moments be convincingly indecisive. Often puzzled by her powers she always has the strength to win through.		SNOT We are seeking an alien to fill the above demanding roles. SNOT is ideally spherical and has an active authoritative role as the spaceship's conceited computer. It is essential for the role to have experience in special effects.
	Eanie Meanie Eanie Meanie is a challenging and rewarding role to master. He should be tall, green, and polyp shaped, possessing many sucker-bearing tentacles. The character conveys naivety about all things earthly enters the book as an unconfident explorer 3rd class on his first trip to explore new worlds. Later as Henri's leading helpmate, he always bolsters her confidence and gets her out of tight spots.		Arthur We are looking for a young boy actor of similar age to Henri, with fair to brown medium length spiky hair. His role is to support Henri on her adventures starting at her junior school, and travelling through different dimensions of time and space. The role is interchangeable with Eanie Meanie's, so experience of working with or playing alien roles is essential. He is a caring character with real potential for the right person to develop the role.
	Geegle We need for this part a talented adult actor between 1.3 and 1.5 metres tall. Geegle is a selfish, cunning and evil character and the actor needs to maintain this tension throughout his performance. The part later demands a more submissive style, where Geegle's self-interest merges with Henri's objective. Geegle ideally needs to have wizened and misshapen appearance. The part also demands the ability to play a violin and perform hypnosis.		Mr & Mrs Fitzgrumpy Humphrey Fitzgrumpy has dark matt hair and a square greying moustache. He is a high-powered salesman devoted to his work. He often gets peevish about small things, but is often fair-minded disposition. Ada Fitzgrumpy spends her time in tanning herself on her sun bed. Her whole life is to please the object of her adoration her husband. She lives a pampered lifestyle reading magazines and lounging about. She has a spiteful attitude to Henri and only keeps her to avoid housework.
	The Black Cardinal The Cardinal is Henri's nemesis. We require an actor with experience in dark sinister roll. This character is power hungry, ambitious and seeks power for its own sake. He rallies support from any source including the Dark forces to achieve his end to enslave and dominate all his adversaries.

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Thes drawings are based on the text of Henry and the Alien  and drawn by Adina Coniseac (click!)