"Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn't an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the 'wrong' side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends. One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryann's offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken arm, the girls are brought together despite themselves--and Ryann learns her secret: Alexandria's mother is an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to the edge of the solar system. Every night without fail, Alexandria waits to catch radio signals from her mother. And now it's up to Ryann to lift her onto the roof day after day until the silence between them grows into friendship, and eventually something more"--Provided by publisher.
year: 2019
call number/section: 1000
subjects: mother-daughter relationship, fiction, bullies, friendship, teenage girls, lesbians, social classes, outer space, exploration, juvenile fiction, poor, romance fiction
Editions
Ancrum, Kayla
Ryann Bird lives in a trailer park, on the wrong side of town, meaning a career in space is an impossibility for her--so, Ryann settles into her circumstances and begins acting delinquently with her friends. One day, though, she meets Alexandria, a girl with a broken arm whose mother volunteered for a mission to the far edge of the solar system--a one-way trip. Alexandria at first refuses Ryann's offer of friendship, but slowly Ryann helps Alexandria get to the roof of her house to catch her mother's daily radio signals, and friendship, and perhaps something more, begins to blossom.
Schools: 14
Ancrum, Kayla
Imprint (2019)
"Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn't an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the 'wrong' side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends. One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryann's offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken arm, the girls are brought together despite themselves--and Ryann learns her secret: Alexandria's mother is an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to the edge of the solar system. Every night without fail, Alexandria waits to catch radio signals from her mother. And now it's up to Ryann to lift her onto the roof day after day until the silence between them grows into friendship, and eventually something more"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 0