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Available
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Series
Publication
Methuen Publishing Ltd (1981), Paperback, 144 pages
Description
Sixteen-year-old Olwen, who lives alone on the planet Isis with her faithful robot, falls tragically in love with an arrival from earth who is unaware that her natural form has been hidden in a humanlike space suit.
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LibraryThing member francescadefreitas
My lecturer booktalked this in class, and I just about ran home with it. Since the death of her parents, Olwen has lived alone with her robot Guardian on a remote plant for from earth. When a ship full of colonists arrive, everything about Olwen's life will change, as she experiences friendship,
I wanted to read just a little before bed, but I devoured the whole thing, desperate to know how Olwen would cope with the new arrivals on her world.
This story is beautiful, heartbreaking, and hopeful. I'd recommend it to fans of science fiction, or of romance. It's easy tore ad and the plot pulls you along, but there are some big ideas about the nature of humanity and our need for other people. I think this is suitable for reluctant and sophisticated readers.
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loss, and conversation for the first time.I wanted to read just a little before bed, but I devoured the whole thing, desperate to know how Olwen would cope with the new arrivals on her world.
This story is beautiful, heartbreaking, and hopeful. I'd recommend it to fans of science fiction, or of romance. It's easy tore ad and the plot pulls you along, but there are some big ideas about the nature of humanity and our need for other people. I think this is suitable for reluctant and sophisticated readers.
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LibraryThing member GrrlEditor
I first discovered this book in high school, and it made a lasting impression on me. It vividly portrays the life of an isolated girl living on a desolate planet with only a few companions, and how her life changes when a ship full of colonists arrives. There's a twist in the middle of the story
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that really took me by surprise! Years later I was delighted to rediscover it, and I still found the book very enjoyable. Show Less
LibraryThing member JRlibrary
Read it so long ago, I can hardly even remember it, but I used to really like Monica Hughes and a member recommended it, so I decided to add it to my collection.
LibraryThing member paperloverevolution
This was my favorite book as a kid. It held up well: the perfectly timed build-up of the plot, the vivid and beautiful descriptions of a high desert world, and the believability of the main character were all as riveting as they seemed when I was ten. Though the book deals with Serious Issues, as
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young adult books do, it doesn't offer any simple solutions, and the resolution, though quietly satisfying, isn't quite the happy ending you'd expect. It offers a moral lesson I enjoyed as much this time as the first: sometimes people suck, and it's best to just go live in a cave. Show Less
Awards
Phoenix Award (Winner — 2000)
IBBY Honour Book (Writing — 1982)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1981)
Original publication date
1980
Physical description
144 p.; 6.9 inches
ISBN
0416210309 / 9780416210309