There's prize money, and if she and her friends wins, then she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids-flowers that survive against impossible odds. When Natalie's science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, Natalie thinks that this might be the perfect solution to all of her problems. Natalie's uplifting story of using the scientific process to "save" her mother from depression is what Booklist calls "a winning story full of heart and action." An emotional story that explores parental depression with realism and empathy." "Natalie learns that, as with the egg, people, too, are fragile and need support and padding to break their falls. "Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression." A winning story full of heart and action." "Aside from the obvious connection to STEM, Keller's layered, accessible story has offers beautifully crafted metaphors, a theme of mending old friendships and creating new ones, and an empowering teacher to a variety of readers. "A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience." "Inspiring, emotional, and heartwarming." "Natalie is an engaging narrator whose struggles at home and with her peers ring true." A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018Ī Brightly Best Children's and YA Books of March 2018
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