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Publisher synopsis: Is middle school drama scarier than an asteroid heading for Earth? Find out in this smart and funny novel by the author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl.
Every day in middle school can feel like the end of the world.
Eleanor Dross knows a thing or two about the end of the world, thanks to a survivalist grandfather who stockpiles freeze-dried food and supplies–just in case. So when she reads about a Harvard scientist’s prediction that an asteroid will strike Earth in April, Eleanor knows her family will be prepared. Her classmates? They’re on their own!
Eleanor has just one friend she wants to keep safe: Mack. They’ve been best friends since kindergarten, even though he’s more of a smiley emoji and she’s more of an eye-roll emoji. They’ll survive the end of the world together . . . if Mack doesn’t go away to a special school for the blind.
But it’s hard to keep quiet about a life-destroying asteroid–especially at a crowded lunch table–and soon Eleanor is the president of the (secret) End of the World Club. It turns out that prepping for TEOTWAWKI (the End of the World as We Know It) is actually kind of fun. But you can’t really prepare for everything life drops on you. And one way or another, Eleanor’s world is about to change.
First Line: Mack Jefferson, my best-and only-friend, reads to me from his Braille edition of The Outsiders.
Page 56:
"You need to promise me, if you're worried about this or if you have more questions, talk to me, please. I know you get worked up about things."
"Okay." And this is an absolute lie. I won't talk to Dad again until I have more proof. Until I can convince him this is real. As the asteroid gets closer to Earth, there's no way other scientists will stay quiet. There will be better pictures and more data. I have to be patient. Even though the world is ending in spring, that still two quarters of a school year away. And school years last forever.
I absolutely adored The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl and fell in love with this one on page one. And Science! Yay!
His friend has great taste in books :-) Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThis does sound like a fun middle grade title. This week I am featuring the best YA I've read so far this year - Past Perfect Life by Elizabeth Eulberg. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteNot that I need my daughter as an excuse, but now that she's getting older, I find myself drawn more and more to middle grade fiction. This sounds really good. I hope you enjoy it! Have a great weekend!
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