Alien Child

by Pamela Sargent

Book Overview

A girl growing up in an insulated though pleasant environment, with a furry guardian for company, comes to realize that she must be the last human left on earth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064470024
• ISBN13: 9780064470025
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Intriguing!

This is one of several books that I read as a child and remembered for years after. I am glad to have found it again. The plot is unusual, with several startling twists and revelations. Even though it was written for young adults, this book is well worth reading, no matter your age! I don't want to give anything away, but essentially, a young woman has been raised by an alien on a deserted Earth. Her guardian cannot answer her many questions and so she lives frustrated and lonely. But then she discovers they are not alone, after all...