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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on another planet.  The only trick is they don't look like humans at the beginning but disguise themselves as human. The "boy" keeps up this masquerade for the entire novel. Talk about Invasion of the Body Snatchers! What child finished this one without wondering which of his friends or teachers was actually an alien? The illustrations are better than average and use the then-current current fad for children with spacesuits, space helmets, and ray guns. Felson, Henry Gregor. The Boy Who Discovered the Earth. NY: Scribner. (140 p) 1955.
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