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Grade 7-10-As part of a cultural exchange in 2094, nine teens from the planet Chela are sent to Earth to live with host families. Tall Fen, who cloaks himself in the color grey to hide his emotions, arrives to stay with the Wells family. Daria Wells, 16, is a registered zookeeper. Both the Terran and Chelan worlds have experienced disasters, though only the Terrans will discuss their environmental crash when global warming led to massive extinction of animals. To restore their dwindling populations, Earth has begun an intensive rebuilding program of which Daria is a part. It's obvious that Fen loves animals, though no one suspects the lengths to which he will go to help the Chelans restock the creatures his people exterminated through hunting and misuse of resources. The willingness of two dissimilar planets to work together is paralleled by the teens, with secretive Fen, whose coloration changes in a chameleonlike manner depending on his emotion, matched against the practical, industrious, and very fair-skinned Daria. Alien exchange students and environmental protection are two very real possibilities in this futuristic tale that should appeal to both science fiction fans and nature lovers. It will be particularly enjoyed by fans of Annette Curtis Klause's Alien Secrets (Delacorte, 1993) or Scott Russell Sanders's The Engineer of Beasts (Orchard, 1988; o.p.).
Pam Spencer, Young Adult Literature Specialist, Virginia Beach, VA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Gilmore brings new meaning to the concept of foreign-exchange students when she transplants nine teens from the planet Chela to Earth. Fen, a seven-foot alien with a passion for animals and problems controlling his emotion-produced color shifts, lands with a seemingly ideal family. The Wells host a breeding zoo for endangered animals, which is run by their 16-year-old daughter, Daria. But even in 2094, an alien and an earthling have communication problems. Fen is evasive and secretive about the animal life on his planet; Daria is curious. Gilmore makes a farfetched premise seem more reasonable with everyday details of life in the twenty-first century, sympathetic characters, and logical consequences. Add some lessons on ecology, and you've got a story that will appeal to readers on many levels. Candace Smith --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Grade 7-10-As part of a cultural exchange in 2094, nine teens from the planet Chela are sent to Earth to live with host families. Tall Fen, who cloaks himself in the color grey to hide his emotions, arrives to stay with the Wells family. Daria Wells, 16, is a registered zookeeper. Both the Terran and Chelan worlds have experienced disasters, though only the Terrans will discuss their environmental crash when global warming led to massive extinction of animals. To restore their dwindling populations, Earth has begun an intensive rebuilding program of which Daria is a part. It's obvious that Fen loves animals, though no one suspects the lengths to which he will go to help the Chelans restock the creatures his people exterminated through hunting and misuse of resources. The willingness of two dissimilar planets to work together is paralleled by the teens, with secretive Fen, whose coloration changes in a chameleonlike manner depending on his emotion, matched against the practical, industrious, and very fair-skinned Daria. Alien exchange students and environmental protection are two very real possibilities in this futuristic tale that should appeal to both science fiction fans and nature lovers. It will be particularly enjoyed by fans of Annette Curtis Klause's Alien Secrets (Delacorte, 1993) or Scott Russell Sanders's The Engineer of Beasts (Orchard, 1988; o.p.).
Pam Spencer, Young Adult Literature Specialist, Virginia Beach, VA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Gilmore brings new meaning to the concept of foreign-exchange students when she transplants nine teens from the planet Chela to Earth. Fen, a seven-foot alien with a passion for animals and problems controlling his emotion-produced color shifts, lands with a seemingly ideal family. The Wells host a breeding zoo for endangered animals, which is run by their 16-year-old daughter, Daria. But even in 2094, an alien and an earthling have communication problems. Fen is evasive and secretive about the animal life on his planet; Daria is curious. Gilmore makes a farfetched premise seem more reasonable with everyday details of life in the twenty-first century, sympathetic characters, and logical consequences. Add some lessons on ecology, and you've got a story that will appeal to readers on many levels. Candace Smith --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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