The Nelsons reach for the stars

A three-voiced reading as powerful and emotional as a rocket launch. The USA eagerly anticipates the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger. At the same time, three siblings in Delaware, Texas, are navigating the 7th grade on their own orbits: Twelve-year-old Fitch spends every afternoon playing pinball and struggles with his explosive temper. Bird, his twin sister, dreams of becoming NASA's first shuttle commander. And their thirteen-year-old brother Cash is at risk of failing the 7th grade for a second time. As the space shuttle lifts off into the sky and disaster strikes, the lives of the three siblings change, bringing them together in unexpected ways, closer than ever before. Erin Entrada Kelly's new novel illustrates that some social, familial, and emotional struggles are timeless and that dreams are limitless.