School for Extraterrestrial Girls #1: Girl on Fire by Jamie Noguchi, Jeremy Whitley
ISBN: 1545804923
Genres: Science Fiction
Format: Graphic Novel
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High schooler Tara lives a predictable life with a steady routine and parents who encourage her to keep her head down and just get through.  After an incident one day, she discovers that her entire life is a lie.  Turns out, she’s not even human!  She’s an alien who has been kidnapped, which she discovers as she’s enrolled in the School for Extraterrestrial Girls.  There she mights plenty of other aliens, of all different kinds.  But can she adapt?

The art is creative and very inclusive.  When each alien is in their human form, there’s representation of all kinds: head scarves, myriad skin colors, differently abled, etc.  While it’s an interesting world to get into, the main character is really poorly behaved,  narcissistic, and slow to learn any better.  Students into science fiction and world-building will be interested in this first of a series. 

Recommended for ages 10-14.

Reviewed by Kara Reiman, Maine State Library