| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
391 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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age Children |
| Summary |
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 Bird, his twelve-year-old twin, dreams of being NASA's first female shuttle commander. 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 391). |
| Audience |
008-012. |
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Ages 8-12. Greenwillow Books. |
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Grades 4-6. Greenwillow Books. |
| Awards |
Newbery Honor Book, 2021 |
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Booklist Top Ten Historical Fiction for Youth |
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School Library Journal Best Book |
| Subject |
Challenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents -- Juvenile fiction.
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Challenger (Spacecraft) |
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Accidents. |
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Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.
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Siblings. |
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Twins -- Juvenile fiction.
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Twins. |
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Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Families. |
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Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Middle schools. |
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Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Schools. |
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Space shuttles -- Accidents -- Juvenile fiction.
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Space shuttles -- Accidents. |
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Science projects -- Juvenile fiction.
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Science projects. |
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Science teachers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Science teachers. |
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Delaware -- Juvenile fiction.
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Delaware. |
| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Krampien, Celia, 1988- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780062747303 hardcover |
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0062747304 hardcover |
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9780063026704 International paperback edition |
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0063026708 International paperback edition |
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9781713764700 Follett Bound |
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1713764709 Follett Bound |
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