"I'm writing this down in case something should happen to me. There's a brown car parked outside in the street with two men in it. They're watching the house..."

So begins the highly confidential case history of Allen Brewster, the boy who has an amazing idea for his school science project: human photosynthesis, turning sunlight into food for humans. Everyone laughts at his outrageous scheme -- until Allen turns green, sprouts roots, and develops an overwhelming desire to soak up the sun instead of eating his dinner. Allen is turning into a plant! But no one seems to believe that he isn't just playing a practical joke -- no one, that is, except the President of the United States, who delares Allen a threat to national security! Suddenly Allen Brewster and his discovery are ... TOP SECRET.

1984, 110 pages, illustrated, Fiction
Little, Brown & Company
Paperback (Turtleback)
ISBN: 0-316-30363-1 or 0-606-8314-6
Reading Level: Ages 6-14

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