This uses the meteorite element perfectly, it had a great overall feel to it and that it was never unrealistic. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and how their middle school element worked with the story. Jennifer Torres does a great job in writing this and it worked with what I was looking for.

This is an interesting take on the classic story of children trying to solve the problems of the adults. In this case, Vega wants to save her home and store. Mila, her cousin, is tagging along with her, and doesn’t say why she wants to find a meteorite. Jasper wants to find one because his father has been searching for so long that Jasper is never home to play baseball, or live a “normal” life.


All three go out to where the meteorite went down, in the middle of the night, each with righteous indignation that they should be the one to find it, not the other seekers, not the local college, no one else, because each of them needs to be the one to find it.


This is a very quick middle grade read, and you feel for each of the children, and cheer them all on. They all deserve to “win”. I like how we never know,until the end, who will be the one.
I also like that Mila cares, and doesn’t care. That she would rather look at the constellations, and it turns out to be a good thing that she does. It is interesting that she likes Cigna, the swan the best. My favorite is Orion's belt, but you can’t see that in the summer, and this story takes place at that time.


Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review. This book is coming out the 11th of June 2024.