We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
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“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.
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De Ocampo, co-narrator of Newbery Medalist Kelly's Hello, Universe (2017) and a fellow Filipino American, returns to Kelly's work solo this time, ciphering three siblings who share an address but seemingly little else. Their combative parents are too distracted to be nurturing, leaving each to navigate adolescence alone. Thirteen-year-old Cash and his 12-year-old twin siblings, Fitch and Bird, are all in seventh grade. As Cash, who feels like a failure for repeating a grade, de Ocampo is both gruff and yearning. As Fitch, whose obsession with arcade games helps him avoid people, de Ocampo is curt and impatient. As Bird—the book's heart and soul—de Ocampo is his most affecting, at turns wistful, questioning, and determined. Encouraged by a science project in anticipation of NASA's Challenger launch, Bird dreams of becoming the first female shuttle commander. As familial relationships devolve and the Challenger tragically explodes, the siblings must rely on each other for support and safety. De Ocampo's choice to give the science teacher an awkward accent is the single misstep in an otherwise resonating performance. Grades 4-7. Copyright 2020 Booklist Reviews.
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Kelly, E. E., & de Ocampo, R. (2020). We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Unabridged). Greenwillow Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kelly, Erin Entrada and Ramon de Ocampo. 2020. We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner. Greenwillow Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kelly, Erin Entrada and Ramon de Ocampo. We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Greenwillow Books, 2020.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Kelly, E. E. and de Ocampo, R. (2020). We dream of space: a newbery honor award winner. Unabridged Greenwillow Books.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kelly, Erin Entrada, and Ramon de Ocampo. We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Unabridged, Greenwillow Books, 2020.
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