Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller

Aus Schuldgfühlen und Sorge macht sich Mallory auf die Suche nach ihr und lernt daraus eine wichtige Lektion fürs Leben. Diese glaubt nämlich an Aliens und gilt allgemein als schräg als sie plötzlich verschwindet. But the closer she gets, the more Mallory has to confront why Jennifer might have run … and face the truth within herself.Įin tolles Jugendbuch über Mallory, die sich ihren besten Freunden unterordnet, um dazu zu gehören und deshalb auch Jennifer mobbt als diese neu in ihre Klasse kommt. The adults say she ran away…but where is she going? And why? Using clues in Jennifer’s journals about alien encounters, Mallory attempts to find her.

She believes in aliens-and what’s more, she thinks she can find them. She’s willing to embrace the strange, the unknown… the extraterrestrial. She doesn’t seem to care about the laws of middle school, or the laws of the universe. After meeting the cool girl, Reagan, she finally has a best friend, and Reagan makes Mallory feel like she belongs, like she can fit in this infinite universe, as long as she follows Reagan’s simple rules: wear the right clothes, control your image, know your place.īut when Jennifer Chan moves into the house across the street, those rules don’t feel quite so simple anymore. Sometimes middle school can make you feel like you're totally alone in the universe.but what if we aren't alone at all? But those complications never become tropes or excuses for inexcusable cruelty as it probes anxiety, jealousy, pain, grief, indifference, and the beginnings of forgiveness.A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends. This novel illuminates feelings, behavior, and dynamics among its middle-school-age characters with sharp and incisive honesty, offering nuanced glimpses of complicated lives and relationships. The story moves back and forth between the past, revealing more about these and other characters and their relationships, and the present, with Mallory determined to find Jennifer and involving her former best friend, Ingrid, in helping her unravel the mystery. Anxious Mallory not only didn’t say “stop,” but participated. Mallory feels sick as well as scared, sure of the reason why: Mallory’s best friend, Reagan, began the year treating Jennifer in ways that she claims were “nice,” but were cruel in both intent and reality this evolved into a concerted effort to belittle Jennifer. This book opens well into the school year, when Jennifer has run away. Mallory knows Jennifer won’t have an easy time in their middle school if she shares her belief in alien life with others. Biracial (Korean/white) Mallory Moss, always worried about fitting in, may not believe in aliens from other worlds but admires her new neighbor Jennifer’s ability to be herself even as she distances herself from Jennifer once the school year begins. Jennifer Chan (Chinese American) is obsessed with extraterrestrial life, a fascination she shared with her late dad.

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller