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Buckingham, Will

Lucy and the Rocket Dog

154 pp. | Knopf | August, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-55432-2 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-399-55433-9 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-399-55434-6
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Monica Arnaldo. Child Lucy builds a spaceship that accidentally carries her dog, Laika, into outer space. Because time passes differently in space, Lucy lives a whole lifetime and is an elderly, Nobel Prize–winning scientist when she's finally reunited with her beloved pet. Told from Lucy's and Laika's alternating perspectives, the plot meanders, but Buckingham's precision with language results in beautiful descriptions. Expressive grayscale illustrations are included.
Reviewer: Renée Wheeler

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