Descrizione
“In a single second, the universe as I knew it exploded. Soon, everything would literally blow up.” Kemi is eleven years old and wants to be a scientist when she grows up. She spends her days calculating the probabilities of everything that will happen to her, trying in her own way to predict world events. But everything is turned upside down when she hears that an asteroid is more than eighty percent likely to hit the Earth in four days. Kemi’s life will soon be over, and she must prepare for the most difficult moment she has ever imagined. That’s why she begins to collect all of her family’s fondest memories in a time capsule. Yet in the wealthy, white neighborhood where they have just moved, Kemi and her African-American family are the only ones who don’t leave their homes, while her neighbors and classmates continue to live as if nothing has happened. Why is she the only one who feels like the world is ending? What is happening to her dad, who seems to be distancing himself from her every day? And how do you prepare to let go of what is most dear to you in life? Narrated by the poignant voice of its protagonist, a novel that explores the strength of family love, a love that keeps us together and never leaves us. Recommended reading age: from 13 years.
