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The Girl who Fell to Earth
Patricia Forde
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Description for The Girl who Fell to Earth
Paperback.
Aria lives on a well-ordered planet whose people have eradicated illness and even death. Earth is their ‘shadow planet’ which they populated with humans centuries ago so they could study them and learn from their experiences.
Now the experiment is coming to an end and Aria must go to Earth with her scientist father to set off a train of events which will destroy its people. Brought up to believe that humans are inferior, Aria is shocked to discover that she is herself half human, and amazed to find that Earth-dwellers live life to the full and feel love for each other, even though they are mortal.
But once she understands this, how can ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Little Island
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781915071439
SKU
9781915071439
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Ref
99-4
About Patricia Forde
Patricia Forde is from Galway, on the west coast of Ireland. She is the 2023-2026 Laureate na nÓg (Ireland's Children's Literature Laureate). Her first novel The Wordsmith was published to great critical acclaim in 2015. It has since been published in the United States, Australia, Denmark, Russia, Turkey and the Netherlands. It has won a White Raven Award from the International Youth ... Read more
Reviews for The Girl who Fell to Earth
"What a phenomenal read and one of my books of the year for sure ... Stunning storytelling – a whole universe of emotions condensed into a sharp, intoxicating and thrilling adventure ... a solid, superbly written imagining that casts a light on how we live our lives ... Arresting, thought provoking and fresh."
Eve McDonnell, author of The Chestnut Roaster
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