Earth Girl

Earth Girl by Edwards, Janet. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781616147655.

A sensational YA science fiction debut from an exciting new British author! Just because shes confined to the planet, doesnt mean she cant reach for the stars. 2788. Only the handicapped live on Earth. Eighteen-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 cant travel to other worlds, but she can watch their vids, and she knows all the jokes they make. Shes an "ape," a "throwback," but this is one ape girl who wont give in. Jarra makes up a fake military background for herself and joins a class of norms who are on Earth for a year of practical history studies excavating the dangerous ruins of the old cities. She wants to see their faces when they find out theyve been fooled into thinking an ape girl was a norm. She isnt expecting to make friends with the enemy, to risk her life to save norms, or to fall in love.