Book of the Day: How to Become a Planet

Monday, November 22, 2021
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The two most important things ot know about Pluto Timoney: 1. she’s always loved outer space (obviously); and 2. her favorite season is summer, the time to go to the boardwalk, visit the planetarium, and work in her mom’s pizzeria. This summer, when Pluto’s turning thirteen, is different. Pluto has just been diagnosed with depression, and she feels like a black hole is sitting on her chest, making it hard to do anything. When Pluto’s dad threatens to make her move to the city–where he believes his money could help her get better–Pluto comes up with a plan to do whatever it takes to be her old self again If she does everything that old, “normal” Pluto would do, she can stay with her mom. But it takes a new therapist, new tutor, and ne friend with a plan of her own for Pluto to see that there is no old or new her. There’s jus Pluto, discovering more about herself every day.