The Kid Who Came From Space by Ross WelfordImagine entering a spaceship, getting knocked out, and waking up to find yourself in interstellar space, gazillion miles away from Earth, surrounded by stars. The Kid Who Came From Space is a heartwarming, and slightly creepy, tale of science-fiction in which two boys are thrown into an unplanned adventure far away from their home on Earth. They are accompanied by an alien named Hellyann who calls herself a “Hearter.” On her planet, a Hearter is someone who “has feelings” while most of her fellow creatures, who don’t have feelings, are called “Hunters.”
The central part of the story revolves around a boy Ethan and his friend Iggy, who find themselves rolling in an unplanned journey to an alien planet to save Tammy, Ethan’s twin sister.
Just when all the efforts of earthlings to find Tammy were unsuccessful, Ethan and Iggy had come across a hairy creature prowling the beach in their small village. She told them that she could help them bring the girl back. Her planet’s residents had captured Tammy and put her in an exhibit in the “Earth Zoo.”
The story moves forward with tailspins of adrenaline-pumping emotions, which are followed by a tearjerker episode of friendship, love, and attachment. Meanwhile, Ethan realizes the power and privilege of being a human. Nature has endowed humans with a superpower that most of them don’t realize until the end of their lives – feelings. When Ethan walked among aliens, he realized how precious human feelings are, more than any cosmic treasure. Plus, humans have things like luck, attachment, and a variety of emotions that make their life dramatically beautiful.
Along with insights like these, the story is also peppered with little episodes of humor and science concepts. All in all, the novel takes Ethan through a sojourn into an unlikeable scenario at the alien planet and then prompts him to learn what he is truly capable of. In an almost haphazard ending, he returned to Earth with a knowledge based on experience; fears dissipated through action, still reflecting on the sacrifice Hellyann made for the three of them. The story wraps up with the core message, “love triumphs all.”
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