Our Child of the Stars
by Stephen Cox
Synopsis:
Molly and Gene Myers were happy, until tragedy blighted their hopes of children. During the years of darkness and despair, they each put their marriage in jeopardy, but now they are starting to rebuild their fragile bond.
This is the year of Woodstock and the moon landings; war is raging in Vietnam and the superpowers are threatening each other with annihilation.
Then the Meteor crashes into Amber Grove, devastating the small New England town – and changing their lives for ever. Molly, a nurse, caught up in the thick of the disaster, is given care of a desperately ill patient rescued from the wreckage: a sick boy with a remarkable appearance, an orphan who needs a mother.
And soon the whole world will be looking for him.
Review:
When Molly and Gene adopt a young alien boy, they have to live in constant fear of their secret getting out. The beginning may sound a lot like Superman’s origin story, but this little boy doesn’t look human and has unique abilities. And his existence is a hard secret to keep.
Our Child of the Stars is an exciting and emotional roller-coaster. The characters are engaging and the alien child is incredibly endearing. This is an impressive debut that surprised me. I didn’t want to put it down and actually finished in one day. The intensity builds as the government closes in on the Myers family. And some questions are finally answered about the aliens. I thoroughly enjoyed this charming and unassuming story.