A review by angelinebadams
Nussia by Michele Tracy Berger

4.0

I enjoyed the alt history angle and how the racism of 1973 (higher expectations placed on a minority family, and how hosting Nussia could change their lives) took this to a whole other level than what a reader might be expecting (i.e. the standard 'aliens as metaphor for accepting difference' line).

I don't want to spoil things for other readers, but I will say that the mood of the story reminded me very much of Nicholas Fisk's "Grinny", which I re-read over and over as a kid and which had a similar premise.