When eleven-year-old Kyle Green spots a strange light in the middle of the night, he knows something isn't right. The empty house at the end of Daffodil Lane suddenly has a new resident-one who arrived without a moving van, without furniture, and possibly... without a heartbeat.

Mr. Slurpinthal isn't like anyone Kyle's ever met. He talks funny, eats plants, and never seems to sleep. To everyone else, he's just an odd new neighbor. But Kyle is sure of what he saw that night-a blinding light, a man forming out of thin air, and a burn across his skin that shouldn't exist.

As Kyle teams up with his little sister Clara, whose strange dreams might be more than imagination, the two uncover secrets that could change everything they know about their town-and the universe.

Heartfelt, mysterious, and filled with humor and wonder, When an Alien Moves in Next Door is the first book in The Slurpinthal Series, blending friendship, courage, and the discovery that sometimes the biggest adventures begin right outside your window.