Name: Kepler's Dream
ISBN: 9780399256455

Juliet Bell

While her mother undergoes radical cancer treatment, eleven-year-old Ella stays with her father's mother in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she learns about grammar and family history, and helps investigate the theft of an extremely rare book from her grandmother's library.

Kepler's Dream

Melissa Palmer

Book #19 Read in 2013
Kepler's Dream by Juliet Bell (YA)

Ella's mother is undergoing chemotherapy. Due to this, Ella is sent to spend the summer with the grandmother she has never met. GM (Grandmother or more aptly, General Major) is a stern woman who upholds grammatical rules, the importance of books and maintaining a healthy emotional distance. Then GM's most treasured piece of her library is stolen and Ella and her friend Rose begin to investigate the robbery.

This book was a good read. Ella is a great character--she has a sense of human and a sense of strength about her that readers will respond to. GM will win readers over in spite of herself. The secondary cast of characters are quirky and interesting. This book had a good mystery plot to it to keep readers engaged. I enjoyed it.

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