A review by sirah
I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

4.0

Short and cozy, this is a book about the moon landing and one girl's uncertainty when her family sort of falls apart. It turns out that one can get through just about anything with one good friend. Mamie is a peculiar girl, but she is resourceful and clever, even if she spills her entire life's story to a stranger in NASA. As an adult, I couldn't help but worry for her as things went wrong, but the resolution and her realizations brought me to tears. Baratz-Logsted did a lovely job explaining the space race and the need for someone to be the one on the Columbia waiting for the Eagle to get back from the moon. It truly made me smile (almost to the point of tears), and I'm glad that I read this little book.