The Dark Side of Nowhere

A Novel

By Shusterman, Neal

Publishers Summary:
Fourteen-year-old Jason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he is the son of aliens who stayed on earth following a botched invasion mission.

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ISBN
978-0-31678-907-3
Publisher
Boston : Little, Brown, c1997.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on July 1, 1997

Gr 6-9 This story appears at first to be yet another problem novel, populated by teenagers dissatisfied with their too ordinary circumstances. No amount of subtle foreshadowing prepares readers for the direction the plot takes, however. The main character and most of his close friends and relatives are in fact extraterrestrials, living forgotten on Earth after a failed invasion. As the story begins, Jason is bored with life in his small town. The school janitor, Grant, disturbs the boy's placid universe, hinting at long-hidden secrets and presenting him with an odd meta...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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