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Alex Petroski comes from a broken family. His father died when he was little, his business-man older brother lives in L.A., and his mother doesn’t care what he does as long as he fixes her lunch. Alex is fine with the way things are as long as he can pursue his love of space and rockets with his best non-human friend Carl Sagan(his dog he named after his hero.) Since Alex is allowed to do what he wants, he travels with Carl Sagan to SHARF, which is one of the largest space-lovers gathering. At SHARF Alex plans on launching his rocket with his Golden iPod inside, on which he has recorded various sounds on Earth as well as a verbal journal, to show other lifeforms the daily routines of Earth. But before he knows it, his trip has turned a lot more personal than he expected, when he finds out on Ancestery.com that a man with his dad’s name and birthday lives in a city nearby. So he decided to go discover the truth. All the while he records his journey on his iPod This was an emotional and heartwarming story about finding yourself and the belonging of family. I love the life lessons woven in within, including friendship and about not giving up, and dealing with failure. I would recommend this book to ages 10 and up. There are some parts that may be questionable for younger readers, so it may be best if the parent reads the book before the kid to approve. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Alex Petroski comes from a broken family. His father died when he was little, his business-man older brother lives in L.A., and his mother doesn’t care what he does as long as he fixes her lunch. Alex is fine with the way things are as long as he can pursue his love of space and rockets with his best non-human friend Carl Sagan(his dog he named after his hero.) Since Alex is allowed to do what he wants, he travels with Carl Sagan to SHARF, which is one of the largest space-lovers gathering. At SHARF Alex plans on launching his rocket with his Golden iPod inside, on which he has recorded various sounds on Earth as well as a verbal journal, to show other lifeforms the daily routines of Earth. But before he knows it, his trip has turned a lot more personal than he expected, when he finds out on Ancestery.com that a man with his dad’s name and birthday lives in a city nearby. So he decided to go discover the truth. All the while he records his journey on his iPod This was an emotional and heartwarming story about finding yourself and the belonging of family. I love the life lessons woven in within, including friendship and about not giving up, and dealing with failure. I would recommend this book to ages 10 and up. There are some parts that may be questionable for younger readers, so it may be best if the parent reads the book before the kid to approve. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

This was an interesting day for Gracie. She was just on a field trip with her friends, and everything was going the same as ever. Then something happens. Her friend, AJ, laughs at one of her jokes and her stomach...flurries? She’s never felt like this before. It takes all her concentration to remember to breathe, to walk, to act natural. But before she even has the time to evaluate her feelings, she finds out AJ likes Sienna, one of the most beautiful girls in school-who also happens to be Gracie’s best friend. Of course, Gracie is ecstatic for Sienna. At least she tries to act like it. Inside she doesn’t know what she’s feeling. Soon she is helping dictating response texts, and helping Sienna in different ways. Of course, this is middle school and the always changing loyalties and drama soon is in full swing! I felt like this was a very realistic book, dealing with friendships, and boy/girl relationships, but also focusing partly on family relationships. Gracie's older sister died several years before Gracie was born, and so a lot of times Gracie feels like she has to be "perfect" for her parents. This book also touches areas of grief, and dealing with death. An interesting part was the format of this book. Some chapters were written as text between characters, which I fell helped move along the story and character interactions. I recommend this book to realistic fiction lovers, probably around middle school age, as that is the age range in the book. Some high-schoolers would probably enjoy it as well. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

This was an interesting day for Gracie. She was just on a field trip with her friends, and everything was going the same as ever. Then something happens. Her friend, AJ, laughs at one of her jokes and her stomach...flurries? She’s never felt like this before. It takes all her concentration to remember to breathe, to walk, to act natural. But before she even has the time to evaluate her feelings, she finds out AJ likes Sienna, one of the most beautiful girls in school-who also happens to be Gracie’s best friend. Of course, Gracie is ecstatic for Sienna. At least she tries to act like it. Inside she doesn’t know what she’s feeling. Soon she is helping dictating response texts, and helping Sienna in different ways. Of course, this is middle school and the always changing loyalties and drama soon is in full swing! I felt like this was a very realistic book, dealing with friendships, and boy/girl relationships, but also focusing partly on family relationships. Gracie's older sister died several years before Gracie was born, and so a lot of times Gracie feels like she has to be "perfect" for her parents. This book also touches areas of grief, and dealing with death. An interesting part was the format of this book. Some chapters were written as text between characters, which I fell helped move along the story and character interactions. I recommend this book to realistic fiction lovers, probably around middle school age, as that is the age range in the book. Some high-schoolers would probably enjoy it as well. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.