Earth Girl

Written by Janet Edwards

Narrated by Katherine Littrell

In a future where only the handicapped live on Earth, one girl will attempt to infiltrate the ranks of the able-bodied to prove to them that she can accomplish anything.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Jan 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781666555554

Janet Edwards

Janet Edwards lives in the Midlands. As a child, she read everything she could get her hands on, which included the works of many of the great names of Science Fiction. She has a husband, a son, a lot of books, and an aversion to housework.

Reviews for Earth Girl

[Ni Mho · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The narrator is... Australian? Her accent provides an interesting flavor to the narration. The story itself is cute, and the concept of being allergic to going off-world is intriguing. I really enjoyed the story.

[Y · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The narrator did a good job. The worldbuilding is fantastic. But the story centers around a prodigy, know-it-all narrator with no faults. Every opportunity for conflict or tension gets circumvented and huge plot points only happen off-stage. So many “coincidences” that act as deus ex machinae so the protagonist doesn’t have to deal with conflict. The experience is like reading a book about a rubber chicken.

[Fiachna Addams · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

This was billed to me as a "utopian YA novel." Maybe for the able bodied, but for the disabled it's more like eugenics. Humanity "fixed" all disabilities except being allergic to exoplanets? How interesting....