Mac and Me story
A "Mysterious Alien Creature" (MAC) escapes from nefarious NASA agents and is befriended by a wheelchair-using boy named Eric Cruise. Together, Eric and MAC try to find MAC's family, from whom he has been separated.
11 total · 8 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| brother and brother | major | Eric and his big brother Mike. |
| coping with being separated from one's family | major | The alien MAC was separated from his three family members and longed to rejoin them. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | Antics ensued when a NASA rover accidentally vacuumed up four E.T.-like aliens and returned with them back to Earth. |
| friendship | major | Eric befriended a small E.T.-like alien who had been separated from its family. Eric was befriended by new neighbor Debbie after Eric and his family recently moved into a new house. |
| mobility impairment | major | The main character is a wheelchair-using boy named Eric. |
| mother and son | major | Janet was raising two boys on her own. |
| single motherhood | major | Janet was raising two boys on her own. |
| what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me | major | Nobody would believe Eric when he kept insisting that there was a strange alien running around. |
| healing ability | minor | The aliens used their innate powers to revive Eric after he'd perished in an explosion. |
| neighbor and neighbor | minor | Eric and Mike befriended their new neighbors, Debbie and Courtney. |