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| Original Title: | Earth Girl |
| ISBN: | 0007443498 (ISBN13: 9780007443499) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Earth Girl #1 |
| Characters: | Jarra Reeath, Fian Andrej Eklund |
| Setting: | Earth,2789 New York State,2789(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Bookworm Best Award for Best Fiction (2013) |
Janet Edwards
Paperback | Pages: 358 pages Rating: 3.82 | 5153 Users | 766 Reviews
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| Title | : | Earth Girl (Earth Girl #1) |
| Author | : | Janet Edwards |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 358 pages |
| Published | : | August 16th 2012 by Harper Voyager |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Romance |
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Jarra is stuck on Earth while the rest of humanity portals around the universe. But can she prove to the norms that she’s more than just an Earth Girl?2788. Only the handicapped live on Earth. While everyone else portals between worlds, 18-year-old Jarra is among the one in a thousand people born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Sent to Earth at birth to save her life, she has been abandoned by her parents. She can’t travel to other worlds, but she can watch their vids, and she knows all the jokes they make. She’s an ‘ape’, a ‘throwback’, but this is one ape girl who won’t give in.
Jarra invents a fake background for herself – as a normal child of Military parents – and joins a class of norms that is on Earth to excavate the ruins of the old cities. When an ancient skyscraper collapses, burying another research team, Jarra’s role in their rescue puts her in the spotlight. No hiding at back of class now. To make life more complicated, she finds herself falling in love with one of her classmates – a norm from another planet. Somehow, she has to keep the deception going.
A freak solar storm strikes the atmosphere, and the class is ordered to portal off-world for safety – no problem for a real child of military parents, but fatal for Jarra. The storm is so bad that the crews of the orbiting solar arrays have to escape to planet below: the first landing from space in 600 years. And one is on collision course with their shelter.
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Ratings: 3.82 From 5153 Users | 766 ReviewsAssess Out Of Books Earth Girl (Earth Girl #1)
Honestly, I'd sort of dismissed this book, because I saw the pretty cover and then never heard another thing about it. Only when my friend Kayla tweeted me about how good this book was and how much she thought I would like it did I look into it again. That was when I realized why I'd heard so little buzz about it: the cover I was familiar with was for the UK edition, and it's only just now publishing in the US. So, basically, Kayla knows me well and this book is stellar (see what I did there?);I didn't really like this book very much, but it was very well written.
This 1 star rating was only for one reason and this reason was big enough to eclipse all the good things that was happening in this book. Lets start with the good. The world building was great. Descriptions were vivid and although I had no idea how the portals and the multiple planets worked it didn't matter because the story was mostly taking place on earth. The idea was also great and seemed unique with a fresh look in a used setting.Now for the bad. I didn't like the writing. Although I could
Actual rating: 4.5I started reading this book with less than stellar (I am completely incapable of writing a review without at least one bad pun) expectations.Really? I mean Earth Girl as a title? I know, prejudice against the title...Khanh, you stupid, immature little girl. I have my reasons, though. There have been few pieces of YA sci-fi fiction based on interplanetary plots that have been worth the time they took to read. The other reason was because the title brought to mind the kitschy
review from 3rd Reading:So I'd been wanting to read Earth Star for awhile, but felt like I didn't really remember enough about Earth Girl for it to be enjoyable. So I waited until I had some time free for a reread. I was really surprised by how much I loved it. Especially considering my review below and my original 3 star review. This time around, I thought the world building brilliant and fascinating, and felt much more a connection to Jarra. And I can't wait to read the rest of the series.New
4.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum http://bibliosanctum.blogspot.com/201...When I think about Young Adult books from Pyr, words that spring immediately to mind are distinct, unconventional and unique. I guess thats why Ive been counting on this book to lift me out of my YA slump. Ive been feeling rather burned out by the love triangles, broody heroes, and paranormal/fantasy settings in this category lately, and Earth Girl looked like the perfect cure to this particular malaise.My instincts
Contains minor spoilers, nothing major but some people like knowing nothing at all, so you've been warned. This was a surprisingly fun start to the series. I've owned this book for around 2 years, never picked it up as it never called to me. Then I made a tbr jar for 2017 and it was the first book I pulled out. It gave me the incentive to read it and I'm so glad I did!Jarra was a really cool protagonist. I did get a bit confused by the "lost memory" part. It seemed a bit out of the blue, but I
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