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Gr 4–6—Lester loves two things: science and homeschooled life with his devoted mother. So it's a shock when Mom announces that Lester will be attending fifth grade in public school because she is going back to work full-time. The pair have been especially close since the tragic, mission-related death of Lester's astronaut father five years earlier; unresolved grief still haunts the family. Lester's behaviors make his transition to public school a challenge (he later discovers he has autism), but caring staff and a kindhearted classmate, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Flight trajectories consume autistic ten-year-old Lester's thoughts: those of meteors, planes, even kickballs. Up till now Lester has led a sheltered, home-schooled life, but Lester's astronaut father has died, the family's savings have dwindled, and his mother takes a full-time job. Suddenly, Lester finds that his own trajectory is about to change: he'll now have...Log In or Sign Up to Read More