I loved the idea of the town capitalizing on the country's fascination with all things space and alien with not only the festival but the decorations around town, simple and spectacular (the spaced-out dolls on the square were a hoot and probably one of my favorite images of all time!) LBJ is President, and America is smack in the middle of the space race. With the main character, Magnolia Jean Crook, and her best guy pal, Nick Lawless, on the case of the missing meteorite, everything is sure to work out fine.The story's setting is in the small town of Totter, Texas, in November 1964. « lessĪ fun and exciting children's chapter book that will entertain older readers, too!įar Out! is the new children's historical mystery by author Anne Bustard that will also entertain and delight older readers. She’s acting suspiciously, pulling disappearing acts, and worst of all, can’t seem to answer any questions about where she was or what she was doing.īut much like UFOs, extraterrestrial visitations, and sending people to space, the impossible has been known to happen. The only problem is that there is a lot of evidence against her, and Mimi herself isn’t helping things.
MJ is desperate to show the town that this Crook is not a thief. But right before the kick-off party, a meteorite goes missing-and MJ’s beloved grandmother Mimi, who is the vice president of the Totter Unidentified Flying Object Organization, is the prime suspect. The whole town is gearing up for the First Annual Come on Down Day-in just one week, they are hoping to host any and all space aliens who would like to visit Earth. It’s 1964, the Space Race is well underway, and eleven-year-old Magnolia Jean Crook and the other residents of Totter, Texas, are over. A lively middle grade novel set in 1960s Texas about a young, alien-loving girl trying to clear her grandmother’s good name in this mystery that has humor, hijinks, and heart in equal measure.
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