This egg drop project is what they will all be using for their year-long science project on the scientific method. Natalie, Twig and Dari spend most of the school year working on their contraption to keep their egg from breaking. But she needs money which is where the Egg Drop contest comes in. She is hoping that seeing the flower she loves will make her mother feel better and reconnect to life. They are unique plants that can suck up toxins in the soil and become a beautiful blue color. Natalie has a plan to fly her mother to see the Cobalt Blue Orchids that she has been studying. She also has a new friend in Dari who is here from India with his parents. Luckily, she has the support of her best friend Twig who keeps school interesting with her big personality. She is worried about her botanist mother and a little angry at her too. Her mom seldom leaves her room and seems to have turned into not-Mom. Twelve-year-old Natalie is having a bad year. With their help, Natalie begins an unforgettable journey to discover the science of hope, love, and miracles. Her friends step up to show her that talking about problems is like taking a plant out of a dark cupboard and exposing it to the sun.

Her mother has been suffering from depression, and Natalie is positive that the flowers’ magic will inspire her mom to fall in love with life again.īut she can’t do it alone. With the prize money, she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids-flowers with the resilience to survive against impossible odds. When Natalie’s science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, she thinks it could be the perfect solution to all of her problems. This is an uplifting story about friendship, family, and the complicated science of the heart. The spectacular debut novel from the Newbery Award winning author of When You Trap a Tiger. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR

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