National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that\'s changing at warp speed.
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But soon 126th Street begins to reveal that it has more in common with her beloved sci-fi adventures than she ever thought possible, and by summer\'s end, Ebony-Grace discovers that Harlem has a place for a girl whose eyes are always on the stars.
Harlem is an exciting and terrifying place for a sheltered girl from Hunstville, and Ebony-Grace\'s first instinct is to retreat into her imagination.
But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it\'s decided she\'ll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem.
As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace\'s love for all things outer space and science fiction--especially Star Wars and Star Trek .
Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little.
National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that\'s changing at warp speed