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We Dream of Space
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Thank you Goodreads for an ARC of this book. I read this in one sitting-loved the characters and hope the author would consider a sequel to see how the Nelson Thomas family fares. While the story is about the Challenger Space Shuttle, it's also about the Nelson Thomas siblings and how they interact with each other and try to navigate the fighting of their parents. A good book for middle grades.
Like many disasters I remember when the Challenger exploded. I was teaching Kindergarten in North Texas and we were not watching it live, but older grades were.
"Cash loves basketball, Dr. J, and a girl named Penny; he's also in danger of failing seventh grade for a second time. Fitch spends every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade and wrestles with an explosive temper that he doesn't understand. And Bird, his twelve-year-old twin, dreams of being NASA's first female shuttle commander, but feels like she's disappearing. The Nelson Thomas siblings exist in their own orbits, circling a tense, crowded, and unpredictable household, dreaming of escape, dreaming of the future, dreaming of space. They have little in common except an enthusiastic science teacher named Ms. Salonga—a failed applicant to the Teacher in Space program—who encourages her students to live vicariously through the launch. Cash and Fitch take a passive interest, but Bird builds her dreams around it."
Like many disasters I remember when the Challenger exploded. I was teaching Kindergarten in North Texas and we were not watching it live, but older grades were.
"Cash loves basketball, Dr. J, and a girl named Penny; he's also in danger of failing seventh grade for a second time. Fitch spends every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade and wrestles with an explosive temper that he doesn't understand. And Bird, his twelve-year-old twin, dreams of being NASA's first female shuttle commander, but feels like she's disappearing. The Nelson Thomas siblings exist in their own orbits, circling a tense, crowded, and unpredictable household, dreaming of escape, dreaming of the future, dreaming of space. They have little in common except an enthusiastic science teacher named Ms. Salonga—a failed applicant to the Teacher in Space program—who encourages her students to live vicariously through the launch. Cash and Fitch take a passive interest, but Bird builds her dreams around it."