From acclaimed author J. Kasper Kramer comes a historical middle grade novel about a budding young scientist in 1947 Roswell, New Mexico, who fears her weather balloon experiment has been mistaken for a flying saucer!
Nothing ever happens in Roswell, New Mexico. Dorothy should know. Sheâs lived her whole life on a rural ranch nearby, surrounded by the difficult memories from her familyâs struggles to make ends meet during the Great Depression years ago. At least her older brother Dwight is home safe from the war. Unfortunately heâs no better to talk to than her ancient pet sheep, Geraldine.
Thankfully Dorothy has her experiments, like launching rockets off the top of her windmill. But one stormy night, she sends a gigantic weather balloon into the stratosphereâand an incredible blast lights up the sky. Suddenly, all the newspapers feature a flying saucer crash in their headlines and the sleepy town of Roswell is alight with gossip and speculation. But what if the so-called extraterrestrial vessel is actually Dorothyâs weather balloon?
When FBI agents start asking questions, she begins to suspect that thereâs something out there, something dangerous. Either the government is after her for causing a national scandalâŚor aliens are real!