SuitabookHeart of earth
Mark Laporta
- Reading
- Read alongside the teenager’s changing understanding of Earth and other people. Pause when the technical vocabulary becomes dense, and discuss whether the comic tone changes how danger or responsibility feels.
- Themes
- Belonging and identity: Ixdahan is exiled from his homeworld, changed into a human boy and required to navigate human teenage life. The book does not clearly resolve its stance on this.
- Responsibility after wrongdoing: Ixdahan has been exiled after selling confidential information and later works with friends against the Vrukaari invasion. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Teenage friendship and attraction: Ixdahan becomes friends with Lena and other human teenagers while struggling to understand human social life. The book presents this favourably.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes an alien invasion, threats to Earth, exile, bodily transformation and intimidating antagonists. Attraction and annoyance between teenagers are present, while the extent of violence remains unclear.