The Dark Side of Nowhere is a children's book written by Neal Shusterman and published by Little Brown and Company in 1997.

After his friend, Ethan, dies, Jason Miller realizes he hasn't been feeling like himself.

Jason is outfitted with an otherworldly power glove and called upon to lead the rest of the town's second generation.

Jason is revealed as a traitor and deposed as leader, leading to a confrontation at the alien base and a runaway ship crash.

When Jason wakes up, he finds that he's lost his battle to stay human, but also that his parents have been secretly working to undermine the invasion.