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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0679973303
ISBN-13: 9780679973300
Nov 1997
Publisher: Bt Bound
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Synopsis
Although twelve-year-old Megan usually discounts her younger brother's outer space fantasies, she is not so certain that he is wrong when he suggests that the unusual man with whom their surfer mother has fallen in love and his seemingly perfect daughter are aliens.
| Size | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 11.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
Ariel, the title character in Lantz's (Dear Celeste, My Life Is a Mess) flighty caper is an unwilling transplant to California from Zircalon-6, a planet where she lived "as a ball of beautiful pink gas laced with nerve sensors, floating gently beside my friends, telepathically perceiving their thoughts, feeling them perceiving mine." This self-portrait appears in the Zircalonian's journal, where she divulges her homesickness and laments her father's decision to live disguised as humans in a society to which he, a wide-eyed, Sesame Street-loving alien, has taken a great liking. The narrative alternates between Ariel's perspective and the first-person account of Megan, a sixth-grader whose mother falls in love with Ariel's father. The juxtaposition points up the differences between the two: Megan's believable teen-speak counterpoints Ariel's journal entries, a curious blend of robot-like speech and passages that could be attributed to the distraught heroine of a Victorian epistolary novel ("Oh, dreariness and dread! Oh muddle and misery!"). Her otherworldly status offers Ariel the chance to make amusing observations earth girls can appreciate (e.g., "I do not understand Earth boys. For some unknown reason, they desire to speak with me, but their conversation is pathetically empty and meaningless"). Lantz pieces together a light, fast read that is playfully muddled yet anything but dreary. Ages 8-12. (Oct.)
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Gr 5-8 The last thing down-to-earth Megan wants is her mother marrying Cos and having his perfectly brilliant, beautiful daughter Ariel as a stepsister. Ariel is no happier about the union. The two teenagers do agree on one thing: if they work together, they may be able to keep their parents apart. As the girls scheme, their efforts seem to work; however, they actually find themselves becoming friends. Ultimately the couple marry and the group becomes a happy family. This is the basic plot, thickened by the fact that Ariel and her father are not letting on that they are helium-breathing aliens from Zircalon-6 adapting to life on Earth. Their cover ups, misunderstandings, and misinterpretations of life on Earth create the zany humor prevalent throughout the story. In the form of diary entries, Ariel reveals details of her extraterrestrial life and her opinion of what she views as primitive earthly existence. The wit, character development, and good fun work together to produce a title suitable for reluctant readers or anyone who wants a fast-paced read. Add this one to paperback collections. Cheryl Cufari, Glencliff Elementary School, Niskayuna, NY
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