(Notably, the judge who plays a pivotal role in the story is a woman.) The Bean family is almost TOO good, but their behavior reflects the way that we hope we would act, if presented with a lost and frightened alien boy. These mostly stem from the fact that the novel was originally published in 1965. There are a few problematic elements, like negative references to Cherokees and half-breeds by an antagonist. However, keeping Jon out of harm's way may prove very dangerous for everyone involved.Another Nostalgia Read that I picked up to see if it was as good as I remember it-and it really is. Most of these people want to use him for their own purposes, but the Bean family only wants to protect him. He meets a number of people who are very interested in his unusual skills-incredible agility, swift healing, and a shocking ability to read minds.
He's hurt, scared, lost and wants to go home.Little Jon has fallen through a door in space to land in the southern Appalachian mountains, injured and without his memory. He knows it is not like this where he comes from. Why did this man want to kill the deer, for Jon senses that was his intention? And for the first time Jon feels hatred. He has never met anyone like this cruel man. He can sense thoughts and feelings and talk to animals. Jon can "lighten" his feet to run and leap like a deer. The Beans take him in and do their best to care for him and help him as he tries to regain his memory and find his way home. They're not like the others he's been hiding from after being mistreated when he inadvertently ruins a poacher's shot at a deer and fawn. Thomas and Mary Bean, their son Brooks, daughter Sally and dog Rascal are people that Jon senses are like his people. With the locals out alien hunting and the government getting involved, Jon is in a tight spot. And the other humans, he's sure they are also humans, are not like any he knows. His present surroundings are familiar and not familiar, somehow not quite right.
In other words he sticks out like a sore thumb. You can't help but like Jon, he's friendly, doesn't lie, is gentle and kind to animals. Jon must find the secret way back to his planet-before it's too late." Soon the family who befriends him is in great danger, too. He only knows that he has fallen through the forgotten door to the strange planet, Earth, and that he is in great danger. "Who is the strange boy who can talk to animals and read people's minds? Where does he come from? The boy, Jon, has lost his memory and does not know. The portion of the following text in quotes is the description off the back cover because it's a really good summary. I think it's cover, which is the original, is somehow more intriguing than the later releases. The book is 140 pages with a drawing at the beginning of each of the 12 chapters. This is a Scholastic book I got around 1965-66 while in grade school.
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