We Dream of Space

<p><br><strong>A<br>Newbery Honor Book </strong>- BookPage Best Books - Chicago Public Library Best Fiction<br>- Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee - Horn Book Fanfare - New York Times Notable<br>Children's Book - School Library Journal Best Book - Today Show Pick - An ALA<br>Notable Book</p><p> <p/><strong>A 10 out of 10 . . . Anyone interested in<br>science sibling relationships and friendships will enjoy reading <em>We<br>Dream of Space</em>.--<em>Time for Kids</em></strong> <p/>Newbery Medalist and <em>New<br>York Times</em>-bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly transports readers to 1986<br>and introduces them to the unforgettable Cash Fitch and Bird Nelson Thomas in<br>this pitch-perfect middle grade novel about family friendship science and<br>exploration. This acclaimed Newbery Honor Book is a great choice for readers of<br>Kate DiCamillo Rita Williams-Garcia and Rebecca Stead. <p/>Cash Fitch and Bird Nelson<br>Thomas are three siblings in seventh grade together in Park Delaware. In 1986 <br>as the country waits expectantly for the launch of the space shuttle <em>Challenger</em> <br>they each struggle with their own personal anxieties. Cash who loves<br>basketball but has a newly broken wrist is in danger of failing seventh grade<br>for the second time. Fitch spends every afternoon playing <em>Major Havoc</em> at<br>the arcade on Main and wrestles with an explosive temper that he doesn't<br>understand. And Bird his twelve-year-old twin dreams of being NASA's first<br>female shuttle commander but feels like she's disappearing. <p/>The Nelson Thomas<br>children exist in their own orbits circling a tense and unpredictable<br>household with little in common except an enthusiastic science teacher named<br>Ms. Salonga. As the launch of the <em>Challenger</em> approaches Ms. Salonga<br>gives her students a project--they are separated into spacecraft crews and must<br>create and complete a mission. When the fated day finally arrives it changes<br>all of their lives and brings them together in unexpected ways. <p/>Told in three alternating<br>points of view <em>We Dream of Space</em> is an unforgettable and thematically<br>rich novel for middle grade readers. <p/><em>We Dream of Space</em> is<br>illustrated throughout by the author.<br></p>