Bird likes tinkering with machines but feels invisible. Fitch is good at video games but bad at controlling his temper. He isn’t good at anything, and now he’s repeating seventh grade with his two younger siblings. The Thomas siblings-13-year-old Cash and 12-year-old twins Fitch and Bird-all struggle to navigate the doubts of middle school and their dysfunctional family. We Dream of Space is illustrated throughout by the author.Three siblings face their middle school problems as they learn about space. Told in three alternating points of view, We Dream of Space is an unforgettable and thematically rich novel for middle grade readers. 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 Nelson 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, but feels like she's disappearing. Fitch spends every afternoon playing Major Havoc at the arcade on Main and wrestles with an explosive temper that he doesn't understand.

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. This acclaimed Newbery Honor Book is a great choice for readers of Kate DiCamillo, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Rebecca Stead.Ĭash, Fitch, and Bird Nelson Thomas are three siblings in seventh grade together in Park, Delaware.

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 Nelson Thomas in this pitch-perfect middle grade novel about family, friendship, science, and exploration.

Anyone interested in science, sibling relationships, and friendships will enjoy reading We Dream of Space.'-Time for Kids New York Times Notable Children's Book.

We dream of space