Characters
This sixth grader tries to look completely normal while hiding his true alien family background
Nathan
Nathans middle school
Nathan's dad asks him this exact three-word question every single morning to wake him up for school.
This word defines what it means to be self-independent and know who your person is.
Identity
This plot point happens at the resort in Florida when Nathan was swimming in the pool
Nathan grows a tail
This comic-loving friend who always takes Calvin during their games
Victor
The concrete area where nathan sits and looks at the night sky
The roof
What Victor says right after Nathan reveals his massive alien secret
"I knew you were different"
The hard part about keeping a huge secret from everyone
Secrecy
This plot point happens when Nathan, who's about to leave for the wagon, reveals his secret to his best friend Victor
Nathen Revealing he's an alien
They are a quiet student from Illinois who has a connection to Kast and the 8 families
Izzy
Kast
The brief warning Izzy leaves on a hidden note before she leaves
"Don't trust the leaders"
The strong love that makes Nathan's parents stay together on earth.
Family
This plot point happens when the alien families are forced to leave Earth.
The families had to go back to Kast to regain their human attributes
They are energetic, quite talkative, orange furred entity grown behind someone's body
This is a massive, hidden spaceship next to the abandoned store whre the Experiment is controlled
The Wagon
The two words that Nathan describes Toto as
"He's Enhanced"
Nathan shows this when he takes a big chance and tells the truth to his friends
Trust
Discovering the experiment
They are cold, detached, but highly intelligent alien leader
Hester
This is a dark, mossy area where Izzy and the other teens are held and forced to work
Section 6
Nathan's final words to the Experiment as the wagon takes off
"Earth was my real home"
Changing the morning wake-up words at the end shows they are living with this.
honesty
This plot point happens when Nathan finally confronts the leader to free all the families in the Experiment
Defeating Hester