ALIEN FROM THE STARS

by Jean & Jeff Sutton ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 31, 1970

Those better worlds beyond have a way of getting through to the young, here via spaceship-wrecked Barlo who puts sixteen-year-old Toby Adam in the familiar fix of trying to hide him--and knowledge dangerous in the hands of our less advanced, still warring civilization--until he can be rescued. And quite a Scene il is, what with general storekeeper Murdock sighting the Russian flag on a flying saucer and collecting parking fees, the local Vigilantes Against Communist Infiltration scouring the San Diego countryside, Navy helicopters and Army planes on the prowl, and real Russian spies, aware of what's at stake, committed to kidnap or kill the alien--to say nothing of the President and his top advisors who initiate war games to shield the search for what they know to be extraterrestrial. But telepathic Barlo has projected his innate gentleness to Toby, and with Grandpa Jed (""I knew there had to be someone smarter than us in this universe"") and simpatico Linda they duel the armada to a draw--better than a draw ultimately in that the President values Toby's unjaded confidence in the alien and Barlo's rescuers, immobilizing those who would intercept them, enable him to get away untouched. By turns sardonic and starry-eyed, this retains a modicum of credibility at a maximum pace.

Pub Date: Aug. 31, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Putnam

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1970

Categories: FICTION