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A disabled girl fights for her place.

Earth Girl could be a good read for those who enjoy YA science fiction with a strong protagonist. Jarra's determination to prove herself to a society that sees her as a "throwback" is inspiring. The book has a good mix of action and romance, and the excavation of dangerous ruins adds an exciting element to the story. Readers will root for Jarra as she fights against societal norms and learns to embrace who she truly is.

  • Bookworm Best Award for Best Fiction (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Earth Girl

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ISBN: 9781616147655
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $51.94
Authors: Janet Edwards
Publisher: Pyr
Date of Publication: 2013-03-05
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult
Goodreads rating: 3.83
(rated by 5637 readers)

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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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A disabled girl fights for her place.

Earth Girl could be a good read for those who enjoy YA science fiction with a strong protagonist. Jarra's determination to prove herself to a society that sees her as a "throwback" is inspiring. The book has a good mix of action and romance, and the excavation of dangerous ruins adds an exciting element to the story. Readers will root for Jarra as she fights against societal norms and learns to embrace who she truly is.

  • Bookworm Best Award for Best Fiction (2013)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.