Annie Somewhere

by Al Stevens

Their planet in total collapse, 500 of the best and brightest launch into space to find a new home, Earth being their chosen destination. Annie embarks on an advance expedition, but her craft is forced down outside a small Iowa town. With the help of three teenagers, she tries to gain acceptance for her people. Frightened citizens, hostile military forces, the media, and the President of the United States, treat the gentle colonists and their advanced technology as a threatening alien invasion. The survival of their race rides on Annie’s ability to charm the Earthlings and establish a new home.

214 pages, Paperback

First published December 8, 2013

About the author

Retired author of computer programming books and articles. Jazz musician. Now writing fiction.

Reviews

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even for a YA book this is very naive story

This story started out ok, but quickly became implausible series of events. A small city would not be making decisions about alien colonization and the government would have had the area quarantined immediately especially as Annie's landing wasn't very quiet especially when she attended the city council meeting and told them what she is going to do.

Their are numerous events that simply would not work in society also if Annie was monitoring the world as she said she was she shouldn't have been so surprised at violence etc...

Overall very simplistic storyline even for a young adult book.