This book is so good! It's 1969, and Mamie and her classmates are all given assignments to write letters to astronauts. Only Mamie writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who will never walk on the moon, because he must stay with the ship, and after this trip NASA will never use him again, because there are so many other astronauts who want to go to space. She tells him about her family--her mom, her dad, her older sister Eleanor, her other sister Bess, her best friend Buster, and her cat. One night, her mom and dad have a fight, and her mom leaves, and soon after her dad tries to go after her. Eleanor, who moved out some years ago, doesn't stay long, and Bess leaves to stay with her boyfriend, and even Campbell the cat runs away. She had tried to throw a "Moonwalk Party", something her mom had wanted to do but her dad had objected, and then Mom left. But with no one there except Buster, is her party a lost cause? Will her parents get a divorce? And will the astronauts get to and from the moon safely?
I Love You, Michael Collins
By Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 8 | Grade 6 | n/a | 5.1 | 44813 |
2018-19 Maine Student Book Award Reading List.
Amazon Editors recommend this book for readers who have recently discovered middle grade novels with more intricate story lines.
Amazon Editors' Pick Best Books of June 2017
Semifinalist: GoodReads Choice Awards 2017 Best Middle Grade and Children's Book
National Council for Social Studies/Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2018
The Planetary Society Recommended Space Books for Kids of All Ages 2017
The National Science and Engineering Council of Canada list of books for Science Literacy Week 2018
2018-2019 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award Intermediate Grade list
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#loved it This book was AMAZING, no words to describe! Please, please, read this book! It describes the moon launch! - blueprincess