I walk away and lock myself in the bathroom. The policewoman sitting next to her jerks her handcuffs. She has moved her hair sideways, like she knew I was coming. I decide to make another round trip to the toilet. I’d say she’s about fifteen or sixteen, but she told Dad she’s three hundred twenty-five-that’s three hundred twenty-five years on her planet. I think she’s quite thin, too but it’s hard to tell because she’s wearing the oversize, worn-out jeans and sweater they give them at the juvenile detention center. Like something you’d really like to touch but that will probably bite.Ĩ. Regarding the eyes: I managed to see them when she blew her hair sideways to take a good look back at me.
It’s curly and messy, and she keeps hiding her eyes behind it.Ħ. Here’s the extra data I’ve gathered during my expeditions:ĥ. I’ve been passing by Dad’s office again and again, pretending to go to the bathroom but really trying to get a good look at her through the open door.
Which makes it that much more interesting when she says she’s from outer space. They couldn’t find her relatives, or any sign of a past, or anyone who knew her-like she had just fallen from the sky. She resisted arrest and sent two security guys to the hospital with concussions and a few broken bones.Ĥ. She was scantily dressed in some sort of…let me see… futuristic fetish outfit.ģ. They caught her stealing food in a supermarket just outside Paris.Ģ. There are a few things everybody knows about Zelda:ġ. Personally, I rate the book Middle-Grade and up. The book contains smoking, wine-drinking (even while driving) and suggestive sexual interaction. The author is Parisian-American and due to this my warning to some parents is a note on acceptable cultural differences. A wild, funny and meaningful ride for MGs and YAs.
I enjoyed the fast-paced, high-quality writing and would read this author again. Whilst the odd involvement of Johnny Depp is a story grabber and all three main characters, Frog, Malou and Zelda bloom and grow throughout the story. These types of boy/girl fantasies are quite the norm, but this one does provide uniqueness with it's setting in the Parisian countryside of France and the capital city itself. Lots of laughs, a whirlwind of action and blooming romance. The unique plot involves a visiting alien whom a step-brother/sister duo tries to help whilst risking their own lives and sanity in the process. I wish I hadn't taken so long to get around to reading it. I was completely smitten with this book for middle-graders.
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