Having landed on a dairy farm in Vermont, an alien from another galaxy befriends two human children and uses her ability to change into animals to learn about Earth society.

 

There are 264 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Henry Holt & Company Inc .

Jane Leslie Conly is a best-selling author whose works include the critically acclaimed "Trout Summer "(an ALA Notable and Best Book for Young Adults), and W"hile No One Was Watching. " She is also the author of the Newbery Honor book, "Crazy Lady!," as well as "Racso and the Rats of NIMH," which is a sequel to "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH," the Newbery Medal-winner written by her father, Robert C. O'Brien.