  | Where the sky lives Author: Dilloway, Margaret | |
| Price: $22.38 | ||
Summary:
Twelve-year-old amateur astronomer Tuesday Beals lives in Zion National Park with her mother, a park archeologist, dreaming of one day making an important astronomical discovery. Her beloved late Uncle Ezra taught her astronomy, and now it's all she has left of him, along with his ashes and a cryptic poem. When a photo reveals clues about an endangered animal, the animal along with the poem may be the perfect way to stop a new housing development that threatens the park.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (01/01/22)
School Library Journal (02/01/22)
Booklist (02/15/22)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 02/01/2022 Gr 3–7—This heartwarming story follows Tuesday Beals as she works to save the preserved property surrounding Zion National Park, where she lives with her mother, the park's head archaeologist. Tuesday, who has light skin and dark hair, is an adventurous girl grieving the loss of her beloved uncle Ezra, who taught her about astronomy and conservation; now Tuesday finds herself trying to solve a riddle he left her right before he died. After picking up a discarded camera, Tuesday learns about photography and activism and, with her friend Carter, begins an Instagram campaign to save the property from becoming a residential development—and to preserve the ability to observe the stars. She learns about the positive and negative aspects of social media, and that things are not always as they appear. Throughout the story, readers learn about Zion National Park and meet many of its caregivers, from various scientists to the artist-in-residence, all of whom work passionately to preserve the parks. After Tuesday learns that she and her mother will be moving, she becomes more motivated to save the land and solve the riddle. All of this is interwoven with a sweet mother/daughter story that focuses on the positivity of friendships and how small steps can make a big difference. VERDICT A gentle novel especially suited to students interested in the environment, careers in conservation, or the national parks.—Christina Pesiri - Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 02/15/2022 Tuesday lives in Zion National Park with her archaeologist mother, where her dearest pastime is stargazing with her mom and uncle Ezra on Hedges Ranch, the pristine land adjacent to the park. Then Tuesday’s idyllic existence is shattered by a double blow: Ezra passes away, and the Hedges is purchased by a developer eager to turn it into a bustling neighborhood. Ezra leaves behind a cryptic poem, and Tuesday is certain that her scavenger hunt–loving uncle left it as a clue to a new archaeological site that could shut down the development and save her beloved Hedges. Tuesday is an immediately compelling protagonist, and the seemingly neurodivergent (sensitive to touch, struggles with metaphor and social cues) 12-year-old is given plenty of room to stretch and stumble while never losing sight of her values and identity. Dilloway, a former artist-in-residence at Zion, paints an intimate and affectionate portrait of the park in this stirring story that gracefully explores the complexity of grief, inevitability of change, and beauty of perseverance and love. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
Booklist - 02/15/2022 . - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
