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Title The Computer chunkAuthor Betsy ByarsSetting The Computer Nut takes place in Kates small town. Overall, the different settings are in her house, in school, at a carwash, at Willie Lomaxs house, her dads office, a pep rally at her schools football rally, and thats basically where all the execution takes place. Most of the time, the action takes place during the day. Towards the ending, however, most of the action takes place at night around 8 pm- 9pm.Major Characters The main character of The Computer Nut is Kate. Kate is like any other kid. She is obsessed with computers, she has cherry hair, and she is an average middle school student. She is receiving centres from an alien who calls himself BB-9. Willie Lomax is the boy who helps find out who is sending Kate messages over the computer. Willie is also Kates crush and he is the only whiz who is truly willing to help Kate find out who really is sending her messages over the computer. He is around Kates height, chubby, he ha s reddish/blondish hair, and is very provoke in Kates mystery alien. BB-9 is the self-proclaimed alien comedian who wants to come down to Earth to make people laugh, since Earth is the only planet in the universe where people laugh. He is an adults age and can take form as anything he wants. He was once a cow on another mission to Earth. A physical description is not available. And lastly, Linda is Kates outmatch friend. She is short, has brown hair, and very humorous.Plot Summary One day, for an art project, Kate is tho drawing a picture of herself on her dads computer in her dads office. After she is all done with her self-portrait, she receives a message from a strange person who later reveals himself as BB-9. BB-9 is an alien in search of a good laugh on Earth, which he says is the only planet where people laugh. After a series of message, Kate hopes the person contacting her is her secret crush, Willie Lomax, who just so happens to know about computers. Kate is determined to find out who it is. When Kates best friend, Linda, finds out about the messages, she goes on and on and insists about how it HAS to be Frank Wilkins, a boy who told Kate he loved her at band camp a couple years back.