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Ben Mikaelsen

1996248 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1996
first published
  • 1996Hyperion Books for Children · 248 pages · ENGISBN 9780786802524
  • 1997Hyperion Paperbacks for Children · 248 pages · ENGISBN 9780786812080
  • 1999Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613034951
PlayfulWhimsicalStandard read

In two parallel stories, a fourteen-year-old boy who is NASA's first Junior Astronaut and a fourteen-year-old Maasai herder in Kenya both edge into maturity while questioning their family traditions.

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