We dream of space / Erin Entrada Kelly ; [schematic illustrations by Erin Entrada Kelly ; character art by Celia Krampien].

Author/creator Kelly, Erin Entrada author, illustrator.
Other author Krampien, Celia, 1988- illustrator.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Copyright Date©2020
Description391 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Abstract Cash, Fitch, and Bird 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 Bird, his twelve-year-old twin, dreams of being NASA's first female shuttle commander. The 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (page 391).
Interest age level Ages 8-12
Interest grade level Grades 4-7
Awards noteNewbery Honor Book, 2021
Awards noteBooklist Top Ten Historical Fiction for Youth
Awards noteSchool Library Journal Best Book
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
ISBN9780062747303 (hardcover)
ISBN0062747304 (hardcover)
ISBN9780063026704 (int'l pbk ed.)
ISBN0063026708 (int'l pbk ed.)

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Joyner TRC Fiction F K29595W ✔ Available Place Hold