Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
Middle-schooler Natalie's yearlong assignment to answer a question using the scientific method leads to truths about her mother's depression and her own cultural identity in this story about the science of hope, love, and miracles.
Review Quotes: An NPR Great Read of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Booklist Reader Best Book of the Month
A Brightly Best Children's and YA Books of March 2018
"Natalie is an engaging narrator whose struggles at home and with her peers ring true." --Deborah Hopkinson, award-winning author
"Inspiring, emotional, and heartwarming." --Melissa Savage, author of
Lemons "A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience." --
Kirkus Reviews, starred
"Beautifully crafted metaphors, a theme of mending old friendships and creating new ones, and an empowering teacher to a variety of readers. . . . A winning story full of heart and action." --
Booklist, starred
"Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression." --
Publishers Weekly "Natalie learns that, as with the egg, people, too, are fragile and need support and padding to break their falls. An emotional story that explores parental depression with realism and empathy." --
School Library Journal "A sweet and hope-filled story." --
Brightly "Holy moly!!! This book made me feel." --Colby Sharp, editor of
The Creativity Project
