The Dark Side of Nowhere (22 page)

Still, the police cars circle.

NEAL SHUSTERMAN
is the author of many critically acclaimed novels for young adults, including the Skinjacker Trilogy,
Unwind
, and
Downsiders
. He also writes screenplays for motion pictures and television shows. The father of four children, Neal lives in southern California.

Also by
NEAL SHUSTERMAN

NOVELS

Antsy Does Time
Bruiser
Dissidents
Downsiders
The Eyes of Kid Midas
Full Tilt
The Schwa Was Here
The Shadow Club
The Shadow Club Rising
Speeding Bullet
What Daddy Did

THE UNWIND TRILOGY

Unwind
UnWholly
UnStrung: An Unwind Story

THE SKINJACKER TRILOGY

Everlost
Everwild
Everfound

THE DARK FUSION SERIES

Dreadlocks
Red Rider's Hood
Duckling Ugly

STORY COLLECTIONS

Darkness Creeping
MindQuakes
MindStorms

Visit the author at
storyman.com
and
facebook.com/nealshusterman

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Copyright © 1997 by Neal Shusterman

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Also available in a
hardcover edition

The text for this book is set in Galliard.

First
paperback edition August 2012

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

The dark side of nowhere / by Neal Shusterman.

p. cm.

Summary: Fourteen-year-old Jason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he is the son of aliens who stayed on earth following a botched invasion mission.

ISBN 978-1-4424-5812-3 (hc)

[1.Extraterrestrial beings—Fiction. 3. Identity—Fiction. 4. Science fiction.] 1. Title.

PZ7.S55987 Dap 2012

[Fic]—dc23

2011044041

ISBN 978-1-4424-2281-0 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-4424-2282-7 (eBook)