A Newbery Honor Book * BookPage Best Books * Chicago Public Library
Best Fiction * Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee * Horn Book Fanfare
* New York Times Notable Children's Book * School Library Journal
Best Book * Today Show Pick * An ALA Notable Book "A 10 out of 10 .
. . Anyone interested in science, sibling relationships, and
friendships will enjoy reading We Dream of Space."-Time for Kids
Newbery Medalist and New York Times-bestselling author Erin Entrada
Kelly transports readers to 1986 and introduces them to the
unforgettable Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelson Thomas in this
pitch-perfect middle grade novel about family, friendship, science,
and exploration. This acclaimed Newbery Honor Book is a great
choice for readers of Kate DiCamillo, Rita Williams-Garcia, and
Rebecca Stead. Cash, Fitch, and Bird Nelson Thomas are three
siblings in seventh grade together in Park, Delaware. In 1986, as
the country waits expectantly for the launch of the space shuttle
Challenger, they each struggle with their own personal anxieties.
Cash, who loves basketball but has a newly broken wrist, is in
danger of failing seventh grade for the second time. Fitch spends
every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade on Main 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 children exist in their own orbits, circling a tense and
unpredictable household, with little in common except an
enthusiastic science teacher named Ms. Salonga. As the launch of
the Challenger approaches, Ms. Salonga gives her students a
project-they are separated into spacecraft crews and must create
and complete a mission. When the fated day finally arrives, it
changes all of their lives and brings them together in unexpected
ways. Told in three alternating points of view, We Dream of Space
is an unforgettable and thematically rich novel for middle grade
readers. We Dream of Space is illustrated throughout by the author.
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