4.10 avg rating — 84,817 ratings

"Well, he's not QUITE alone--he has his falcon, Frightful"

4.02 avg rating — 400 ratings

"The characters in this book are so far out in the Outback that they pause after every sound to identify it."

3.97 avg rating — 4,184 ratings

"The narrator works through his loneliness through a friendship with a composer using the works of Ellis Bell to deal with her own alienation. "

4.06 avg rating — 587,760 ratings

"Can a person be lonely in a large family? Of course. And most teenagers ARE lonely, whether they're 'popular' or not. But especially if they're not."

3.93 avg rating — 58 ratings

"Children are robbed of the protections of family and community all the time. This book tells the story of one who undertakes an Olympian trek."

3.68 avg rating — 17,765 ratings

"One of those 'last man on Earth' stories. Except that the story is told from the point of view of the last girl on Earth; and she's not very impressed by the man."

4.20 avg rating — 392 ratings

"Many people at Sector General are lonely by nature or medical necessity. But even among them, Hewlitt is outstanding."

3.80 avg rating — 255 ratings

"It's all very well for the new step-siblings to be told that they're now a family. But it isn't until they begin having magical experiences with a model inn that they begin to really bond."

4.11 avg rating — 2,793 ratings

"An accidental exile has to find a way to fit into Earth society."

3.50 avg rating — 2,791 ratings

"Two children, lost in the Outback as the result of a 'plane crash, have to depend on an Aboriginal youth on Walkabout to find their way back to their family."