First published 2025
Nathan has always kept his family's biggest secret. While he looks like any other sixth grader with homework and a best friend named Victor, Nathan knows his family came from another planet. They live on Earth as part of an experiment involving ten families, but something is going wrong. Other participants start vanishing without explanation, including Izzy, the girl Nathan has a crush on. When Nathan's parents receive orders to return to the mothership, Nathan begins questioning everything he believed about his identity and purpose on Earth. He wants to help his people, but first he must discover who his people really are. As the experiment unravels around him, Nathan faces difficult choices about loyalty, belonging, and what it means to be human.
Genres: science-fiction, coming-of-age, young-adult, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Earth, Mothership
Period: 6th Grade
268 pages · Kindle Edition · Feiwel & Friends