Lemon Peabody is certain that aliens visited Grandpa Walt thirty years ago but she's running
out of time to prove it before he forgets his best story. This humorous and tenderhearted story
about family friendship and always believing in yourself is for fans of Greg van Eekhout
Stuart Gibbs and Hour of the Bees. Lemon Peabody loves spending time with Grandpa Walt. Even
though he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and moved to an assisted living facility he's
still the same funny loving grandpa he's always been. One of Grandpa's claims to fame is his
story about meeting an alien years ago-and that it looked like a garden gnome. Ever since it's
been something of a town-wide joke and the cause of a rift between Grandpa and Lemon's dad.
Lemon is determined to find those extraterrestrial gnomes and vindicate Grandpa Walt-while
Grandpa can still remember it. Late one night after seeing the flash of a spaceship during a
storm Lemon enlists the help of two friends to find out what might have crashed in the woods.
But then the aliens find her and nothing goes the way she expected. Lemon is sure she can
convince the aliens to fix Grandpa Walt's memory and bring back the grandpa she misses so much
for good. But the aliens are dealing with problems of their own. With a little creativity and
compassion maybe they can all help one another. Casey Lyall's lively voice-driven novel
bursts with heart and humor. With family and friendship-and aliens!-at its core Gnome Is Where
Your Heart Is will captivate readers of Rebecca Stead's and Wendy Mass's Bob Greg van
Eekhout's Weird Kid and Adam Rex's The True Meaning of Smekday.
