Catch a falling star
McKinlay, Meg2019
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It's 1979 and the sky is falling. Skylab, that is. Somewhere high above Frankie Avery, one of the world's first space stations is tumbling to Earth. And rushing back with it are old memories. Things twelve-year-old Frankie thought she'd forgotten. Things her mum won't talk about and which her little brother Newt never knew. Only does he? Because as Skylab circles closer, Newt starts acting strangely. And while the world watches the sky, Frankie keeps her own eyes on Newt, because if anyone's going to keep him safe, it's her. But maybe this is something bigger than splinters and spiders and sleepwalking. Maybe a space station isn't the only thing heading straight for calamity.
Catch a falling star / Meg McKinlay.
McKinlay, Meg, author
Newtown, NSW : Walker Books, 2019.©2019.
236 pages ; 20 cm.
Pre-adolescent.
9781925381207 (paperback)
A823.4JF
English
Skylab Program -- Juvenile fictionSingle-parent families -- Juvenile fictionLoss (Psychology) -- Juvenile fictionBelief and doubt -- Juvenile fictionBrothers and sisters -- Juvenile fictionSpace vehicles -- Atmospheric entry -- Juvenile fictionSpace stations -- Juvenile fictionWestern Australia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Juvenile fictionHistorical fiction
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