Signal

By Cynthia C. DeFelice

A lonely boy meets a mysterious girl claiming to be from another planet. Will he join her journey to the stars?

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151 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Owen McGuire, grieving his mother's death and feeling isolated, encounters Campion, a mysterious girl with green eyes and a wild story of being from another planet. As they bond, Campion plans to signal her parents for a spaceship rescue. Owen finds unexpected happiness in helping her, but faces a life-altering choice: stay on Earth or venture into the unknown. As they search the night sky, they might discover that what they truly need is closer than they think. Will Owen leave his lonely life behind for a cosmic adventure?

From the publisher

One day while running on the trail near his house in upstate New York, Owen McGuire meets a girl with startling green eyes and bloody cuts all over her body who seems to be utterly alone. Her name is Campion, after the wildflower that is an alien species in the area–“alien “meaning “from someplace else”–and Campion claims to come from someplace else entirely, a planet called Home. She plans to signal her parents to come pick her up in their spaceship. Owen agrees to help, and as he does, he feels happier than he has in a long time: his mother died a year and a half ago, and now he and his workaholic father live together like two planets on separate orbits, in a new house far from his friends. What will he do when Campion asks him to come with her into outer space, away from his lonely life on Earth? In this moving novel, two friendless kids search the night sky for something to believe in–but discover that they’ve found what they need right here on Earth.

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