The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen D. Randle

Ginny is just a really authentic, honest, flawed MC and I love that about her.

Despite the barriers between them, Ginny and Caulder are determined to crack Smitty's shell, but when they start digging, they find that the truth is much more horrifying and traumatic than anyone realized. Smitty hasn't spoken since he was two years old, and refuses to interact socially with anyone. All isn't lost, though, when she befriends her next-door neighbor, and by proxy, the boy from the next house over: Smitty, or as their less tactful classmates call him, 'The Alien'. It's bad enough that Ginny's big brother has moved halfway across the country, but now she has to move, too - and start a new high school in her senior year? Yikes. It's a story of friendship, family, healing, grief, abuse, and most of all, love - in all of its various forms. It is wonderfully progressive for its time period (Idk about you guys, but most of my 90s YA experience has been problematic AF), it has a beautiful plot that offers up the reminder that you have no idea what a person has been through, or what fine hells they have walked. I have literally no complaints about this book. It is easily the most underrated book I've ever read in my life and I would implore everyone to pick it up.

Urn:isbn:1402249268 Scandate 20100714153129 Scanner could hear Paul telling me, 'Never, never make the mistake of thinking you're the only alien on the planet.'įirst of all, I can't believe this is the first time I'm reviewing this book, because it's honestly been on my 'favorite books of all time' list since, I don't know, 2005? Maybe earlier? It's an amazing book and I've reread it probably a dozen times, and it never gets old. OL1917775W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.21 Pages 248 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0606121919 Internetarchivebookdrive External-identifier Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:47:41 Boxid IA122404 Boxid_2 CH129925 Camera Canon 5D City New York Donor

The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen D. Randle