My review -
Dan
looks like one of life’s losers. He lost his immediate family in a tragic road
accident and now lives with his nana. He suffers from crippling migraines but
the proximity of the strange girl he meets, delving in rubbish bins for food,
clears them instantly. She’s got massive eyes, a small mouth and, under her
beanie hat, not a wisp of hair. Is she an alien? Dan falls for her and learns
that he’s no ordinary boy, but the subject of an alien experiment when he was
in the womb.
This
story is funny, clever, charming and SO readable. It’s intended for Young
Adults, I think, but brings up so many questions of love, loss, loneliness and,
yes, there’s a bit of kissing to lighten the load. We can empathise with Dan’s
fear when his mention of an alien makes those around him think he’s delusional.
Eventually he wonders (as do we) if she’s real. Right to the end… There’s got
to be a sequel. Readers (at least one!) demand it!
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