the science of breakable things author keller

When life tries to break you, hold tight to your friends. An emotional story that explores parental depression with realism and empathy.'īook Description Paperback. 'Natalie learns that, as with the egg, people, too, are fragile and need support and padding to break their falls. A winning story full of heart and action.' 'Aside from the obvious connection to STEM, Keller's layered, accessible story has offers beautifully crafted metaphors, a theme of mending old friendships and creating new ones, and an empowering teacher to a variety of readers. 'Inspiring, emotional, and heartwarming.' 'Natalie is an engaging narrator whose struggles at home and with her peers ring true.' 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Ī Brightly Best Children's Book of the Month Colby Sharp, editor of The Creativity Project, teacher, and cofounder of Nerdy Book Club 'A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience.' 'Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression.' NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * KIRKUS REVIEWS * THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * Think THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH meets THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH. With their help, Natalie begins an uplifting journey to discover the science of hope, love, and miracles.Ī vibrant, loving debut about the coming-of-age moment when kids realize that parents are people, too.

Which means it's time for Natalie's friends to step up and show her that talking about a problem is like taking a plant out of a dark cupboard and giving it light. Natalie's mother has been suffering from depression, and Natalie is sure that the flowers' magic will inspire her mom to love life again.

There's prize money, and if she and her friends wins, then she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids-flowers that survive against impossible odds. When Natalie's science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, Natalie thinks that this might be the perfect solution to all of her problems. Natalie's uplifting story of using the scientific process to 'save' her mother from depression is what Booklist calls 'a winning story full of heart and action.'

The science of breakable things author keller