Not So Normal Norbert

James Patterson's new middle grade novel follows Norbert Riddle, a boy who lives in the United State of Earth where conformity is enforced and being different is dangerous. After doing a funny impression of the dictator and getting caught, Norbert is banished to planet Zorquat 3 in the Orion Nebula. There, he is sent to Astronuts camp, where rule-defying kids are free to be creative and insane. Initially wanting to return to Earth, Norbert soon realizes that being different might be better and that he might belong at Astronuts after all.