About This Book
Reach for this book when your middle-schooler is beginning to ask deeper, more complex questions about family history or expresses a longing to connect with a distant or grieving parent. It is a quiet, atmospheric story for children who feel the weight of unspoken family secrets and need a safe space to explore the nuance of parental imperfection. Set against the dusty, high-stakes world of 1930s aviation, fifteen-year-old Beatty navigates the loneliness of living with her grandfather while her pilot father remains emotionally out of reach. As she seeks the truth about her late mother, the book touches on themes of grief, resilience, and the slow process of building trust. It is a gentle but realistic historical mystery that validates the child's perspective in a family dynamic marked by silence.
