description: Shayla lives with her mother and her teenage sister, Tia, in a poor, rough area of Houston. While Tia, to her mother's distress, has taken up with a local boy who is none-to-bright, Shayla becomes friends with Kambia Elaine, the strange girl who has moved in next door.
language: English
title: When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune
titlecomplete: When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune
genres: Young Adult, Childrens, African American, Disability Studies, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Juvenile, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 343
series: Shayla Dubois
publisher: Macmillan Children's Books