9/8/2014
A very engaging story about two 11 year old girls living in Allagash Maine. It’s a summer with lots of growing up to do but on the surface of things they just want to win the school science fair. UFO sightings plague the town but trigger the imaginations of the girls who make improbable plans for the fair. There’s a bit of fantasy and a bit of science as the girls come to understand more about their own place in the universe. My only complaint is my usual one; that in order to make the book work the main character has to come to such adult realizations that it weakens my belief in the character. It does make me want to star gaze and renews my sense of wonder.