

When the fated day finally arrives, it changes all of their lives and brings them together in unexpected ways. Salonga gives her students a project they are separated into spacecraft crews and must create and complete a mission. As the launch of the Challenger approaches, Ms. 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. And Bird, his twelve-year-old twin, dreams of being NASA's first female shuttle commander. Fitch spends every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade on Main. Cash, who loves basketball but has a newly broken wrist, is in danger of failing seventh grade for the second time. In 1986, as the country waits expectantly for the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger, they each struggle with their own personal anxieties. Kids Book / Fiction / General / Kelly, Erin EntradaĬash, Fitch, and Bird Thomas are three siblings in seventh grade together in Park, Delaware. On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch Call Number: R Newbery Honor 2021, Y Fiction / Kelly, Erin, Kids Book / Fiction / General / Kelly, Erin Entrada, Y Fiction / Kelly, Erin
