Kepler's Dream

Title: Kepler's Dream

 

Author: Juliet Bell

 

Summary: 11-year-old Ella is spending the summer with her eccentric grandmother, whom she does not remember ever meeting, while Ella's mother undergoes serious treatment for her cancer. Ella is not looking forward to the summer; her grandmother is very strict, and the one person there Ella's age, does not even seem to be nice.

But her grandmother's favorite, most special book, goes missing, Kepler's Dream of the Moon, and Ella is determined to find it. Ella and the farmhand's daughter, Rosie, try to uncover just where the precious book is.

 

Comments: I enjoyed this book. The cover really drew me into the pages and the interesting, picturesque setting. I love the setting - it created the book and made it that much better for me. Ella is likeable, I suppose. I found her to be a little bratty about not having "wifi" and not being able to play on her phone or watch television. I could not relate, as I would love to spend just a day in a spot as interesting as where Ella spent her summer. However, her mother was undergoing a serious treatment and Ella's bratty behavior most likely came about from all the stress and worry she had built up inside of her.

The mystery was a good mystery, and well developed. I sort of guessed the result in the end, but that didn't really make a difference - the book was still good.

There wasn't really so much "iffy" content here, so I would probably rate this about a 10+.

 

Rating: 5 stars