A review by makaylabrown
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

5.0

so much pain in such little pages. i was very nervous about reading this one, reviews all seemed to be the same. discussing how emotional it made them, how easily they cried. they’re not wrong. i so desperately wanted a good life for joseph, he was so young, so hurt already. it makes me think of the good we can make in someone’s life, how quickly that happens. he died to protect the one who always had his back. jack’s always gonna know where jupiter is, she’s loved just the way joseph needed to be. i don’t know if i would make this a re-read, it would take me awhile to do so, but i’d love my own copy just incase. first time reading anything by this author, as it is with most of my reviews, but i was blown away by how great of story this was for how short it was.