Through the pages, we can see how much it is affecting their children, who disappear in the conflicts and become collaterals. Because yes, behind these kids wondering about their lives and trying to understand it, there are these two parents constantly arguing: about gender equality, chores, things to say or not to say. Three siblings who don’t have much in common but one thing: their parents and how they fight. She feels like no one hears or sees her, or even simply care. He has so much anger inside of him, that when it comes out, he might hurt more people than he thought, and not be able to deal with it.Īnd finally, we have Bird, the sister, smart and good at school, but with a world of dreams inside of her. But where will that lead him?įitch is crazy about arcade games, and do not want anyone to pierce his bubble and reach out to him. And with his broken wrist, it is easy to just stay there and watch TV. Everything he tries seems to turn against him. It also allows us to brilliantly compare the family dynamics with a solar system, each member on its own orbit, and too rarely gravitating together.Ĭash is failing at school and feels like he is failing at life too. And in the background, we have the Challenger launch, liked a fixed point allowing all the story to rotate around it. With the chapters alternating between their three POV, we discover more about their daily life, their worries, and how they try to understand their place in the world. In this middle grade, we follow the Nelson-Thomas children, in their early teen years: Cash and the Twins (Fitch and Bird). When the fated day arrives, it changes everything. Cash and Fitch take a passive interest, but Bird builds her dreams around it.
Salonga-a failed applicant to the Teacher in Space program-who encourages her students to live vicariously through the launch. The Nelson Thomas siblings, who live in Park, Delaware, have little in common except an enthusiastic science teacher named Ms. And Bird, his twelve-year-old twin, dreams of being NASA’s first female shuttle commander, but feels like she’s disappearing. Fitch spends every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade and wrestles with an explosive temper that he doesn’t understand. J, and a girl named Penny he’s also in danger of failing seventh grade for a second time. Hi guys!! Today is the book birthday of We dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly… so perfect day to tell you how much I enjoyed it right?Ĭash loves the Philadelphia 76ers, Dr. My rating: Set it on fire/ If you have nothing else to read/ you need to read it/ Run and buy it. Top 3 Genres: Middle Grade, Historical, Family
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