Calling B for Butterfly

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Summary: Heart wrenching poetry in book form
Review: This beautiful, heart wrenching book, had me in tears after I read it the first time. On route to a new colony, Glyn, Sonya, Ann and Matthew must learn to cope with a toddler and a baby after their star liner smashes into an asteriod leaving them alone on the one remaining wing of the ship and it's Life ferry. It is a wonderfully moving tale, rich with depth and emotion. The final ending is so poignant and bittersweet that I hoped for a sequel. A must read for anyone

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Summary: Chilling and wonderful
Review: This book blew me away the first time I read it, and even now as an adult I still love reading it. The characters feel like real kids with real problems and imperfections. The descriptions are vivid. The science fiction aspects are thrilling and not dumbed down for kids. What I loved most was the question of what's real and what's hysteria, how the kids decide who and what to trust when they can't turn to adults anymore. Also check out Moonwind by the same author, which is almost as good.

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Summary: Very good
Review: This was exciting and adventurous, but the ending was slightly unsatisfactory.