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Essentia #1

by G.M. Whitley

When Lucy, age 5, informs her mother that she is an alien, Maya does what any sensible mother would do. She asks what kind. She is unprepared for Lucy's response.

Essentia is the tale of a little girl's unshakable belief and a mother trying do what is best for her child in the face of mounting evidence that perhaps, just maybe, her daughter is telling the truth.

82 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 28, 2013

About the author

Guang Ming Whitley makes her home in Charleston, South Carolina. Her children’s middle names are, respectively, Aenea, Ender, Seldon, and Deckard.

Reviews

[Mainon · Rating 4 out of 5]

First, the premise is intriguing. 5-year-old Lucy claims she is inhabited ("imbued") by an alien consciousness. Her mother reacts realistically -- she's proud her daughter is so creative.

Second, the execution is adorable. Lucy painstakingly makes her way through a dictionary because she "needs more words" to explain her existence.

Third, the development is believeable. For a book that [maybe, maybe not] involves aliens, this is important.

Unfortunately, Part 1 ends abruptly. I half-seriously wish I'd waited until Part 2 was available before reading Part 1... so now the question is, do I wait for Part 3 to be available before I start on Part 2?

If you haven't read anything else by G.M. Whitley, try Peace Out. It's available for a very reasonable price on Amazon.com.

[Loweva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

Makes you stop and wonder, would you believe your child if they said they were an alien? What would it take for you to believe?