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Twiddler
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(On A Trope Odyssey)
Twiddler
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8th Feb, 2020 05:59:31 PM
bumping with more details
Twiddler
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9th Feb, 2020 03:27:30 PM
Solved! It's The Rudest Alien on Earth
Book about an alien on Earth. She took the form of Earth animals. And once or twice something happens to her, and she has to take another form. She meets these human children - a boy and a girl, I think. Through her interactions with them, they learn that she's a child like them, and her stay on Earth is akin to a field trip, part of her school studies. Once something happens to her, and she comes back to them in another form. I think she spent some time as a dog and chased a squirrel. Or maybe she was a squirrel. Maybe she was also a horse at some point. I remember she had a very alien point-of-view, and there were some sad or bittersweet moments.
She might have lived with a human as a pet for a while before leaving, but I'm not sure.
I think there might have been a scene where the kids are at school when they find out that she's back/okay. Unless I'm mixing that up with Pippi Longstocking.
I read it in the 2000s.
Edited by Twiddler