As StarWatch becomes ever more manipulative, Cal decides to take matters into his own hands and prevent StarWatch from ruining his burgeoning relationship with Leon and even the future of the Orpheus missions. Cal and Leon immediately hit it off, despite Leon’s depression and Cal’s increasing anxiety at having his future plans wiped away. Even better, he meets the adorably handsome Leon Tucker and his sister Kat – the teenage kids of another astronaut in the Orpheus program. The Lewis Family Receives Life-Changing News, Image Sophie BrownĪn indignant Cal decides that he won’t be controlled and continues his channel anyway, despite increasingly serious official warnings. His carefully planned future appears to be crumbling away in a matter of days. Worse, media coverage of the program, the families, and their lives, is controlled by StarWatch, a TV show more interested in showcasing drama than covering any of the real science going on, and they’ve told Cal he can’t continue his FlashFame channel. Cal and his family are immediately uprooted and moved to Clear Lake, Texas, to live in a retro ’60s-themed community with the other astronaut families as NASA attempts to recreate the golden age of the space program in hopes of maintaining public interest (and funding) for the program.

He has already converted his existing online fame on the popular video streaming platform FlashFame into an upcoming highly sought-after internship at BuzzFeed, and he has started a list of college applications for where he plans to move to with Deb.Īll that planning is thrown a curveball, however, when his father – a commercial pilot – secures the final place among the Orpheus 20, a batch of new astronaut recruits who will be part of the Orpheus missions to Mars.

An avid planner, Cal has precisely mapped out his life for the next few years with the end goal of becoming a professional journalist. is a 17-year-old boy living in Brooklyn in the apartment above his best friend Deb. The Gravity of Us is a YA novel set in the not-too-distant future when NASA is on the verge of launching the first manned mission to Mars. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Today’s book review is The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper. Follow the Pride Month tag to find all the content in one space and keep checking back for more throughout the month. Throughout June, GeekMom has been celebrating Pride Month with lots of LGBTQ content. Pride Month The Gravity of Us, Background Image by Prawny from Pixabay, Cover Image Bloomsbury

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