A review by jackelz
Grace Needs Space! by Benjamin A. Wilgus

“I like boring. Boring means everything’s working.”

Grace is going on a summer trip across space! She is leaving her home space station, and her boring mother Evelyn, to hang out on a ship and explore Titan with her fun mom Kendra.

Grace was such a sweet and relatable character. I was about her age when I started bouncing from house to house after a divorce. But lucky for her, she gets to explore space as well! It was fun to see a relatable story with the science fiction backdrop. I loved that the divorce process wasn’t part of the story; we just have two not-together parents that happen to be moms, and I thought the story handled that situation so well. 

The art was super cute, and I especially enjoyed the landscapes of space. The joy shown in Grace’s eyes was everything. 

Rep: trans male author, Latinx artist, two moms! Grace and Evelyn are brown-skinned; Kendra is light-skinned and uses the honorific Mx.