I Love You, Michael Collins
$33.33
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
26 June 2018
Summary
It’s 1969, and the country is gearing up for men walking on the moon. Ten-year-old Mamie’s class is given an assignment to write letters to the astronauts, and she is the only one who writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who doesn’t get to walk on the moon because he has to stay with the ship.
After school ends for the year, Mamie keeps writing to Michael Collins, taking comfort in telling someone about what’s going on with her family. One by one, they each leave her, thinking tha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250158451 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250158451 |
| Author: | Lauren Baratz-Logsted |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 26 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 135mm x 198mm |
| Audience Age: | 8 |
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Critics Review
“Baratz-Logsted weaves in just enough history to root Mamie’s story in her time, a moment when a nation came together and felt proud of human possibilities… . Readers will be charmed by Mamie’s story of hope in a difficult moment in American history.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Against the highly gendered backdrop of 1969 (all the girls want to marry astronauts, while the boys want to become them), Mamie’s friendship with her neighbor Buster is particularly moving. Mamie and Buster share a fixation on the space race, and Buster remains loyal and constant even as Mamie’s parents’ conflict erupts. Mamie’s isolation at home echoes Collins’s solitude in orbit a bit too neatly, but her bravery and loyalty are memorable.” –Publishers Weekly
Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Lauren Baratz-Logsted is the author of more than 25 books for adults, teens, and children, including the popular nine-book series The Sisters 8, which she created with her husband and daughter. Before becoming a writer, Lauren was an independent bookseller, Publishers Weekly reviewer, freelance editor, sort-of librarian, and window washer. She lives in Danbury, Connecticut, with her family and their cat, Yoyo. She still remembers watching the astronauts land on the moon.
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