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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2015 | Grades 5-8
Gr 4–6—When 12-year-old twins Mark and Scott Kelly ruin their parents' calculator after they take it apart (an expensive item in the mid-1970s), they are sent to spend some time with their grandfather at his Greenwood Lake home. He suggests that they channel their formidable energy into building a go-kart. They decide to pursue their interest in the space program instead and build a rocket ship. While they are admittedly indifferent students, the gregarious twins have smart friends. Soon, in finest NASA...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
With Martha Freeman. Based on the childhood antics of NASA astronauts and twins Mark and Scott Kelly, this novel recounts a fictional summertime pr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More