The Richie & Roxanne novel, “Not Just A Girl,” concerns the intertwined lives of Richie Firma and Roxanne Friend – a visitor from another planet. Their story begins in Rockwood, Colorado, USA, in 1986 when Roxanne arrives in a small landing craft on the rear of the property owned by Richie’s parents.
Roxanne’s mission is to bring the seeds of a new technology to Earth without her alien identity being found. She has come from a huge starship that is parked in a stationary orbit behind the planet Jupiter. She has trained long and hard for her mission and learned to speak English from films and television commercials and books brought back to the starship by earlier visitors.
After landing in Rockwood Roxanne discovers that a vital part of her navigating equipment aboard her spacecraft has disintegrated during the landing. She’ll may not be able to replace the equipment in time to make her rendezvous with the starship. To do that she’ll need the help of a willing humans on Earth. Otherwise she will be marooned on Earth and may soon die from the prolonged effects of Earth’s environment. How will she fulfill her mission and save herself?