Seven years ago Mal disappeared for three days. Everyone says he had some kind of breakdown, but he knows he was abducted by aliens. On the fringes at school, he seeks help from an abductee support group, where he meets Hooper, who has his own secrets. The truth is closer than Mal ever suspected.
year: 2011
call number/section: 1000
subjects: alien abduction, fiction, high schools, school stories, loneliness, bullying, teenage boys, high school students, bullies, coming of age, teenagers, boys, bildungsromans, bildungsromans
Editions
Castellucci, Cecil
Scholastic Press (2011)
Seven years ago Mal disappeared for three days. Everyone says he had some kind of breakdown, but he knows he was abducted by aliens. On the fringes at school, he seeks help from an abductee support group, where he meets Hooper, who has his own secrets. The truth is closer than Mal ever suspected.
Schools: 3
Castellucci, Cecil
Mal, a high school outcast, meets Hopper, who claims he is an alien, and, through his relationship with him, Mal begins to see himself and the world in a new light.
Schools: 8