At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary

negotiate friendships

despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child

Today when a Lenape Indian girl ventures to the stream to fish for shad

This book tells that story

To the Moon and Back theory At least until he meetsOne young woman's relentless quest to become the first Cherokee astronaut will irrevocably alter the fates of the people she loves most in this tour de force of a debut about ambition, belonging, and family. My mother took my sister and me, and she drove through the night to a place she felt a claim to, a place on earth she thought we might be safe. I stopped asking questions. I picked little glass pieces from my sister's hair. I watched the moon.