Destination Human
Destination Human
Denman, K. L.
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Annotation: An alien inhabits the body of a high-school girl.
Genre: [Realistic fiction] [Science fiction]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #97520
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
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Common Core/STEAM: Common Core Common Core
Publisher: Orca Books
Copyright Date: 2013
Edition Date: 2013 Release Date: 09/01/13
Pages: 127 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 1-459-80371-X Perma-Bound: 0-605-85959-0
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-459-80371-8 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-85959-3
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2013935296
Dimensions: 18 cm.
Subject Heading:
Teenage girls. Juvenile fiction.
Extraterrestrial beings. Juvenile fiction.
Human-alien encounters. Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life. Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls. Fiction.
Extraterrestrial beings. Fiction.
Human-alien encounters. Fiction.
Conduct of life. Fiction.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book (Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2014)

Welkin, a noncorporeal alien, must inhabit the body of a human teen for his bioethics class. His host, annoyed but willing, just hopes he doesn't ruin the upcoming school dance. Despite mild situational humor (mostly involving Welkin's literal interpretations of slang), the obnoxious faux teen-speak; gaping logic gaps; and clichid, colorless vision of "average" teen life will alienate most readers.

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Horn Book (Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2014)
Word Count: 15,893
Reading Level: 3.5
Interest Level: 5-9
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.5 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 161832 / grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:2.6 / points:6.0 / quiz:Q61899
Lexile: 480L
Guided Reading Level: W
Fountas & Pinnell: W

Chloe thinks of herself as a normal teenage girl—if there's any such thing—until a formless alien being inhabits her body. The being is named Welkin and claims to be a Universal. Welkin has entered Chloe's body as part of a school project. Chloe agrees to let this weirdo observe her life for three days as long as Welkin doesn't interfere. Welkin tries to respect the non-interference portion of the agreement. But Welkin's stream of alien commentary as Chloe deals with boys, her coach and math homework has a comic, and sometimes enlightening, impact on Chloe's life.

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