E.T The Extra-Terrestrial: William Kotzwinkle

He's three million light years from home. He may be wise and as old as the stars but right now, he needs friends. The secrets of the universe can't help him. He's stranded on Earth: alone, homesick and afraid. Earth is hostile, the police are after him and it seems there's no-one who can help - until he meets the children. To them, he's a magical being from another world. To him, they are friends he will never forget.