A Handbook For Visitors From Outer Space Author:Kathryn Kramer A sharply fresh vision of our time conveyed through the experiences of a boy filled with classic yearnings for family wholeness and national honesty, on a quest to uncover his eldersÂ' secrets. Beginning with a mysterious, unlocatable, war and concluding with a battle on the New Jersey Turnpike, this is a Âmad fairy tale that unexpectedly ... more »turns out to be true by Âsuch an engaging storyteller that we willingly submit, believing the impossible. (The New York Times Book Review) A Âcombination of inspired tenderness and brilliant technique&it reads as if it were written by a very witty angel.Â