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A funny and heartwarming middle-grade historical fiction novel about a girl who writes letters to her favorite astronaut as America prepares for the moon landing.

It's 1969 and the country is gearing up for what looks to be the most exciting moment in U.S. history: men landing on the moon. Ten-year-old Mamie's class is given an assignment to write letters to the astronauts. All the girls write to Neil Armstrong (So cute!) and all the boys write to Buzz Aldrin (So cool!). Only Mamie writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who will come so close but never achieve everyone else''s dream of walking on the moon, because he is the one who must stay out in space with the ship.

After school ends, Mamie keeps writing to Michael Collins, taking comfort in telling someone about what''s going on with her family as, one by one, they leave the house thinking that someone else is taking care of heruntil she is all alone except for her cat and her best friend, Buster. And as

I Love You Michael Collins

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    A Paperback / softback by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 19 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9781250158451
      978-1250158451
      ISBN-10 1250158451

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A funny and heartwarming middle-grade historical fiction novel about a girl who writes letters to her favorite astronaut as America prepares for the moon landing.

      It's 1969 and the country is gearing up for what looks to be the most exciting moment in U.S. history: men landing on the moon. Ten-year-old Mamie's class is given an assignment to write letters to the astronauts. All the girls write to Neil Armstrong (So cute!) and all the boys write to Buzz Aldrin (So cool!). Only Mamie writes to Michael Collins, the astronaut who will come so close but never achieve everyone else''s dream of walking on the moon, because he is the one who must stay out in space with the ship.

      After school ends, Mamie keeps writing to Michael Collins, taking comfort in telling someone about what''s going on with her family as, one by one, they leave the house thinking that someone else is taking care of heruntil she is all alone except for her cat and her best friend, Buster. And as

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