A review by jrosenstein
Earth Girl by Janet Edwards

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and it is rather unique in the world of YA scifi. As one of the blurbs on the back points out, this is a utopia, not a dystopia, which is such a nice change from all the gloom and doom pervading YA fiction these days. Edwards imagines a world where technology has actually made things pretty good. There seems to be no real poverty and most diseases and injuries can be easily cured. It is not, however, a world without prejudice and Edwards does an excellent job of world-building. She has really thought out the cultural implications of humans spreading out across the galaxy, and her main character is smart and confident but still completely real and vulnerable. The characters give a lot of information about the world and its history but for me it never got boring. If anything, my only complaint is that the overall tone is perhaps a bit too optimistic and upbeat!