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I remember some of the story, that the alien travels through space and arrives in a particular place on earth through a door. He has telepathic and mind reading powers and he starts living with a family when they find him in the forest. Everything is going smooth until the people start to get scared of this alien boy and they are going to try to kill him. So he escapes earth along with the family who took care of him. I do not remember the name of this book or the author. Can someone help me find this book?

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    Welcome to the site. You have a good start here. If you could take a look at this guide to help jog your memory and edit in any more details, that would be great. Every little bit helps us.
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  • The Duplicate is slightly iffy, because the person turned out to be talking about two different stories in the anthology, but I count it as close enough.
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I suspect this is Alexander Key's The Forgotten Door

Book cover - The Forgotten Door - Boy falling out of a door on a sphere appparently into space

Who is the strange boy who can talk to animals and read people's minds? Where does he come from?

The boy, Jon, has lost his memory and does not know. he only knows that he has fallen through the forgotten door to the strange planet, Earth, and that he is in great danger

Soon the family who befriends him is in great danger, too. There is very little time left. Jon must find the secret way back to his planet--before its too late.

The Kirkus Review indicates that the family do go back with him.

As the hounds of officialdom descend with dissection clearly in mind, the door through which Jon fell opens, offering him re-entry and the Beans a better world.

FWIW, I did not search for this one, having read it as a child and the "door" description being particularly vivid in my head.

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  • Did you read it on its own, or in the textbook Riders on the Earth?
    – Buzz
    Commented Dec 14, 2017 at 18:36
  • @Buzz I believe on its own. I recognize that cover art. :)
    – FuzzyBoots
    Commented Dec 14, 2017 at 18:37
  • Yes! This is it ! I had read it as a kid too and the door description was imprinted in my mind too. Thanks a lot
    – Rushikesh Warde
    Commented Dec 14, 2017 at 18:47

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