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TAE KELLER was born and raised in Honolulu, where she grew up on purple rice, Spam musubi, and her halmoni's tiger stories. She is theNewbery Medal-winning authorofWhen You Trap a TigerandThe Science of Breakable Things.She lives in Seattle.Visit her at TaeKeller.com, follow her monthly love letters at bit.ly/lovetae, and find her on Twitter and Instagram.
A Booklist Reader Best Book of the Month A Brightly Best Children's Book of the Month Natalie is an engaging narrator whose struggles at home and with her peers ring true. --Deborah Hopkinson, award-winning author Inspiring, emotional, and heartwarming. --Melissa Savage, author of Lemons A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience. --Kirkus Reviews, starred Aside from the obvious connection to STEM, Keller's layered, accessible story has offers beautifully crafted metaphors, a theme of mending old friendships and creating new ones, and an empowering teacher to a variety of readers. . . . A winning story full of heart and action. --Booklist, starred Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression. --Publishers Weekly Natalie learns that, as with the egg, people, too, are fragile and need support and padding to break their falls. An emotional story that explores parental depression with realism and empathy. --School Library Journal A sweet and hope-filled story. --Brightly
