Kepler's Dream

By Juliet Bell
(Putnam Juvenile, Hardcover, 9780399256455, 256pp.)

Publication Date: May 10, 2012

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback

Categories: Social Issues - Friendship, Family - Parents

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Summer 2012 Kids' Next List

“Here's a book that manages to deal with some of the weighty issues that can threaten modern childhood -- divorce and a parent's serious illness -- while still acknowledging that life, in all of its whacky glory, does go on. Kids still love Fruit Loops, they still tell little white lies, they worry about bad haircuts, and they can't resist solving a mystery when one drops in their laps. Delightful, authentic characters make this a fine summer book for middle readers.”

-- Susan Scott, The Secret Garden, Seattle, WA

Description

A young girl makes her fractured family whole again with the help of a very special book

When eleven-year-old Ella's mother has to be hospitalized to undergo a dangerous cancer treatment, Ella spends the summer at "Broken Family Camp" with her eccentric grandmother, whom she's never met. The situation is hardly ideal for either of them. Ella is scared her mother may die, but her grandmother seems to care more about her library full of books than she does about her very own granddaughter.

But when a rare and beloved book, Kepler's Dream of the Moon, is stolen from her grandmother's amazing library, Ella and her new friend Rosie make up their minds to find it. Finding the beautiful book her grandmother loves so much could even be the key to healing Ella's broken family.

An affecting and beautifully written story of family, forgiveness and the wonder of the stars, Kepler's Dream is a sparkling and memorable debut.

About the Author

Juliet Bell lives in Berkeley, California.

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