Newbery Honor Book
“A captivating story
about family’s enduring bonds.” —Publishers
Weekly (starred review)
“Another
wondrous title from a remarkably talented author.” —Booklist (starred
review)
“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 Thomas in this pitch-perfect middle grade novel about family,
friendship, science, and exploration. A great choice for readers
of Kate DiCamillo, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Rebecca Stead.
Great for summer
reading or anytime! A Today show pick for “25
children’s books your kids and teens won’t be able to put down this
summer!""
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 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 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.
