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readwithgemma's review against another edition
4.0
I had tears in my eyes half way through. It’s a sad story about a little boy who is in foster care. He is trying to get back to his “home” planet. It’s nice seeing Lydia supporting what he is going through as you can only imagine what’s going on in this young boys head
4/5 stars
4/5 stars
justgraceanne's review against another edition
4.0
It's the "found family," trope at its sweetest.
My only complaint is that it wasn't longer.
My only complaint is that it wasn't longer.
queenkoko's review against another edition
3.0
This hit me in the feels. However, the ending fell a bit flat. We need more people like Lydia though.
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I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
shamrockshelf's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 *stars*
Big thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Random House Canada for providing this book!
I read this book through my kindle and it was not readable at all. Keep that in mind! I switched to NetGalley app on my phone to read this one.
I really liked the color scheme and illustrations. I really enjoyed the fact that this book is reminiscent of children's imaginations. How interesting and powerful it is.
Although I enjoyed it, it seems that this book was a little too short. Something was missing.
Thanks!
Big thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Random House Canada for providing this book!
I read this book through my kindle and it was not readable at all. Keep that in mind! I switched to NetGalley app on my phone to read this one.
I really liked the color scheme and illustrations. I really enjoyed the fact that this book is reminiscent of children's imaginations. How interesting and powerful it is.
Although I enjoyed it, it seems that this book was a little too short. Something was missing.
Thanks!
ljrinaldi's review against another edition
4.0
This book is either about a boy who comes from another world, who lost his parents, and now resides on earth, or he is a boy who has lost his parents, and is from earth. We dont’ really know, and it really isn’t important.
This picture book/graphic novel is told in two voices, that of Burt, and how he came from another time and planet, and desperately wants to get home, and that of his foster mother, who wants only to help him.
Burt keeps making devices with bits of elctornics, to see if he can contact his parents, out in space. His foster mother humors him.
I am touched by this story, because I used to always believe I was an alien on earth. It is, I think, a common feeling, of not fitting in with the other humans. Burt lives in his world, where all he wants to do is to go home.
Since we dont’ know what the truth is, and we realize that we dont’ need to know the truth, we can just accept this story for what it is, on both levels.
A good way to help children who have been thrown into foster care through no fault of their own. And a good story for those who have always felt as though we just have to find our real parents out there in space.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
This picture book/graphic novel is told in two voices, that of Burt, and how he came from another time and planet, and desperately wants to get home, and that of his foster mother, who wants only to help him.
Burt keeps making devices with bits of elctornics, to see if he can contact his parents, out in space. His foster mother humors him.
I am touched by this story, because I used to always believe I was an alien on earth. It is, I think, a common feeling, of not fitting in with the other humans. Burt lives in his world, where all he wants to do is to go home.
Since we dont’ know what the truth is, and we realize that we dont’ need to know the truth, we can just accept this story for what it is, on both levels.
A good way to help children who have been thrown into foster care through no fault of their own. And a good story for those who have always felt as though we just have to find our real parents out there in space.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
librarypatronus's review against another edition
4.0
Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Random House Children’s for the ARC of this.
Emotional and open ended, this story leaves much to the reader to decide and add context to. As an adult, I felt that Burt was a traumatized child in foster care and Lydia was trying her best to help him settle in, and that the open ending was leading to her taking him back to her/their home. My 5 year old was disappointed by the ending and said “I wish we’d gotten to see him go home” and took it as a literal space and time traveler, while I thought that was Burt’s imagining to cover the hurt of why his parents aren’t there. I like a more clear message, even if it’s painful, because I think it’s helpful for children to work through hard feelings with a book, and this felt too abstract to me, while not quite feeling like just a science fiction story.
Emotional and open ended, this story leaves much to the reader to decide and add context to. As an adult, I felt that Burt was a traumatized child in foster care and Lydia was trying her best to help him settle in, and that the open ending was leading to her taking him back to her/their home. My 5 year old was disappointed by the ending and said “I wish we’d gotten to see him go home” and took it as a literal space and time traveler, while I thought that was Burt’s imagining to cover the hurt of why his parents aren’t there. I like a more clear message, even if it’s painful, because I think it’s helpful for children to work through hard feelings with a book, and this felt too abstract to me, while not quite feeling like just a science fiction story.
kerameia's review against another edition
4.0
This book warms the cockles of my heart. Oh Burt ... how I feel for you.
I also love the subtle humor of the care-giver's more practical thoughts alongside Burt's imaginative ones.
I also love the subtle humor of the care-giver's more practical thoughts alongside Burt's imaginative ones.
piperkitty's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Is really well desgined and my son abouslety love the earth. He fairly enjoyed how the shapes all formed. The colours were a bit dull from a parents perspective and the book came across negative to me.
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