Life Hacks for a Little Alien

Books

For readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Remarkably Bright Creatures, this tender and funny debut novel about one little girl's obsession with a mysterious manuscript is a love letter to language--how it shapes the world for each of us and connects us all in the end. "Climb up here, Little Alien. Sit next to me. I will tell you about life on this planet. I will tell you how it goes." Before she thinks of herself as Little Alien, our narrator is only a lonely little girl living in southeast England, who doesn't understand the world the way other children seem to. So when a late-night TV special introduces her to the mysterious Voynich Manuscript--an ancient tome written in an indecipherable language--Little Alien experiences something she hasn't before: hope. Could there be others like her, who also feel like they're from another planet? Convinced the Voynich Manuscript holds the answers she needs, Little Alien and her best (and only) friend Bobby decide they must find this strange book. ...