"A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience." "Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression."
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * KIRKUS REVIEWS * THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * Think THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH meets THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH. With their help, Natalie begins an uplifting journey to discover the science of hope, love, and miracles.Ī vibrant, loving debut about the coming-of-age moment when kids realize that parents are people, too. Which means it's time for Natalie's friends to step up and show her that talking about a problem is like taking a plant out of a dark cupboard and giving it light. Natalie's mother has been suffering from depression, and Natalie is sure that the flowers' magic will inspire her mom to love life again. There's prize money, and if she and her friends wins, then she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids-flowers that survive against impossible odds.
When Natalie's science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, Natalie thinks that this might be the perfect solution to all of her problems. But the closer she gets, the more Mallory has to confront why Jennifer might have run … and face the truth within herself.Natalie's uplifting story of using the scientific process to "save" her mother from depression is what Booklist calls "a winning story full of heart and action." The adults say she ran away…but where is she going? And why? Using clues in Jennifer’s journals about alien encounters, Mallory attempts to find her. She believes in aliens-and what’s more, she thinks she can find them. She’s willing to embrace the strange, the unknown… the extraterrestrial. She doesn’t seem to care about the laws of middle school, or the laws of the universe.
After meeting the cool girl, Reagan, she finally has a best friend, and Reagan makes Mallory feel like she belongs, like she can fit in this infinite universe, as long as she follows Reagan’s simple rules: wear the right clothes, control your image, know your place.īut when Jennifer Chan moves into the house across the street, those rules don’t feel quite so simple anymore. Middle school can make you feel like you're all alone in the universe.
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