When alien clones land in Pine Bluff, Barton and Nancy Jamison are cloned. Their alien counterparts, Beta and Gamma, have a totally wacky take on Earth life. In the first title of this new series, Beta steps up to the plate instead of Barton during the championship game, but Barton does some fast thinking to keep the fake Barton from losing the game and ruining the real Barton's baseball career. Illustrations.

Hillary Homzie is the author of the tween novels Queen of Likes, The Hot List, and Things Are Gonna Get Ugly, as well as the comedic chapter book series Alien Clones from Outer Space and picture book If You Were a Princess. During the summers, Hillary teaches in the graduate program in children’s writing at Hollins University. A former sketch comedy performer in New York City, Hillary currently lives with her family in Northern California.