Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars

Definitely a children's story. Has some similarities to Alice in Wonderland, in that there isn't much logic to it. Wouldn't recommend this book to any teenager or older.

Our main character moves to a new school and is thrilled to finally make a friend, Alan Mendelsohn. Alan and our main character go in search of comic books and end up with a machine that allows a person to control other people's thoughts and actions. Will it work? And is Alan really from Mars?