I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

After school ends, Mamie keeps writing to Michael Collins, taking comfort in telling someone about what's going on with her family as, one by one, they leave the house thinking that someone else is taking care of her-until she is all alone except for her cat and her best friend, Buster.

Only Mamie writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who will come so close but never achieve everyone else's dream of walking on the moon, because he is the one who must stay out in space with the ship. All the girls write to Neil Armstrong (So cute!) and all the boys write to Buzz Aldrin (So cool!). Ten-year-old Mamie's class is given an assignment to write letters to the astronauts. It's 1969 and the country is gearing up for what looks to be the most exciting moment in U.S. Readers will be charmed by Mamie's story of hope in a difficult moment in American history.A funny and heartwarming middle-grade historical fiction novel about a girl who writes letters to her favorite astronaut as America prepares for the moon landing. 'Baratz-Logsted weaves in just enough history to root Mamie's story in her time, a moment when a nation came together and felt proud of human possibilities. With I Love You, Michael Collins, Lauren Baratz-Logsted has created a heartwarming story about family and being true to yourself. And as the date of the launch nears, Mamie can't help but wonder: Does no one stay with the ship anymore? Only Mamie writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who will come so close but never achieve everyone else's dream of walking on the moon, because he is the one who must stay out in space with the ship.Īfter school ends, Mamie keeps writing to Michael Collins, taking comfort in telling someone about what's going on with her family as, one by one, they leave the house thinking that someone else is taking care of her-until she is all alone except for her cat and her best friend, Buster.

All the girls write to Neil Armstrong ('So cute!') and all the boys write to Buzz Aldrin ('So cool!'). A funny and heartwarming middle-grade historical fiction novel about a girl who writes letters to her favorite astronaut as America prepares for the moon landing.

I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted