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1 Νοε 2011 · First Day on Earth is about a guy named Mal who’s got the world’s biggest chip on his shoulder. Y’all, he’s an angry and extremely pensive kid, and with good reason.
Summary: Mal is a compassionate teen caring for his mother since his father left them both and started a new life in a new place. But he harbours a secret – when he was a kid, he was abducted by aliens and experimented upon.
for First Day on Earth by Cecil Castellucci From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Mal is a teenage loner—the kind of kid, he notes, who others probably think is on the verge of doing something violent.
1 Νοε 2011 · Finn’s narrative starts three days before his death. He explores the progress of his unrequited love for best friend Autumn up until the day he finally expresses his feelings. Finn’s story ends with his tragic death, which leaves his close friends devastated, unmoored, and uncertain how to go on.
16 Δεκ 2011 · In First Day on Earth, Mal’s mom becomes an alcoholic, and Mal is abandoned. When it happens to you when you’re 15, you feel like an alien and like you truly, honestly do not belong here. You’ve been dropped somewhere completely foreign without the support you deserve to have.
4 Νοε 2011 · Sparingly narrated, First Day on Earth is a raw, uncompromising story about what it feels like to be an outsider, an alien. Cecil Castellucci’s prose is effective in portraying just how lonely and apart Mal feels at school and at home.
Cecil Castellucci delivers a sparse study in loneliness and angst in her latest novel for teens. Her protagonist, 16-year-old Mal, is a morose and withdrawn boy who believes he was abducted by aliens for three days when he was 12.
