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| Title | : | Earth Girl (Earth Girl #1) |
| Author | : | Janet Edwards |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 358 pages |
| Published | : | August 16th 2012 by Harper Voyager |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Romance |
Janet Edwards
Paperback | Pages: 358 pages Rating: 3.82 | 5153 Users | 766 Reviews
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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.Mention Books Concering Earth Girl (Earth Girl #1)
| 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) |
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Ratings: 3.82 From 5153 Users | 766 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books Earth Girl (Earth Girl #1)
Originally reviewed on The Book SmugglersNearly 800 years in the future, Earth and the rest of the universe is a very different place. Thanks to scientist Thaddeus Wallam-Crane, humanity is no longer limited by accelerated particle engines, or the restrictive harness of speed-of-light travel - Wallam-Crane's invention of "portals" mean that humanity can conquer the most distant stars, unrestrained by space and time. Well, that's true for 99.9% of humanity. That remaining fraction, that nigglingreview 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
I was absolutely enthralled with Jarra and her story. Now that Earth has portalling tech to instantly travel from world to world, they've explored and settled on many. But there are still those babies that are born and can't survive on worlds other than Earth. They have to be sent back immediately, and anyone who has one automatically assumes their partner has old ancient genes. These children are raised by the hospitals on Earth with every benefit, but they can never leave the planet. Everyone
Looks dumb, is great fun.One of the jacket reviews calls it "utopian YA" and indeed it's a refreshing shift from the usual misery: conflict and drama ARE possible without everything being horrible all the time! The character voice of course makes a huge difference, and Jarra's is a delight; the world-creation is brilliantly dense and well-thought-out; the infodumps are delivered believably in-story. Even the invented language feels completely natural. It hits all the YA sci fi tropes -
The heroines character development was superb, but the world building was subpar.+ the world buildingThe world building failed to respect the books central theme of history and ultimately its setting as an alternative reality. No explanation was offered for how all nations united as one civilization. Neither was an explanation offered for how people suddenly stopped being religious despite the brief but incredibly jarring sentence about how physicists found proof for creationism simply just to
Janet Edwards has created a beautiful world where it only takes seconds to go from planet to planet, there's no hunger, no poverty and from what it looks like no crime. There has also been a giant exodus of people to different planets, so now the Earth is somewhat sparsely populated. Can you imagine? An Earth with few people would be a stunning place, teaming with nature and life. I want to live there!Eighteen-year-old Jarra doesnt quite see it that way though, and nor does she describe it as
That was totally amaz!(I think the 2788 language is catching ;) )I had my doubts about this book, Earth Girl? Not exactly the best title. But WOW was this book amazing! The storyline was brilliant and incredibly developed, Jarras character development was brilliant and there were definatley some surprises I was not expecting!At times the whole Exodus and other planets and portals was slightly confusing but honestly that didn't matter because that isn't the books main focus, but is focussed on
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