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First Day On Earth (2011)

by Cecil Castellucci(Favorite Author)

3.22 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0545060826 (ISBN13: 9780545060820)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Scholastic Press

review 1: Another great book from Miss Castellucci. More serious than Odd Duck or the Plain Janes, the author takes us into the mind of Mal, the school outcast/"weirdo" as he struggles with a crappy home life and possible memories of being abducted by aliens.The book keeps up the tension of whether we should believe Mal or his new friend, a homeless guy Hooper who might be a stranded E.T.Ending had a nice twist that seemed surprising yet inevitable. I also enjoyed the sparse first-person narration that brings us into Mal's confusing and frustrating world.
review 2: First Day on Earth centers around Mel, a seventeen year old boy who went missing for three days as a child. While many people believe he had a seizure or another medical ailment, he believes he was abducte... mored by aliens. The reader is thrown into Mel's difficult childhood-- abandoned by his father, forced to care for his alcoholic mother, and an outcast at school-- and follows his journey to self discovery. less

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