The Coming of an Astronaut is a story about a girl named Jenny and her relationship with her new adopted, single mother. From the challenges of getting along with a new "mom" to finding her own identity in a new school with her new fourth grade classmates, Jenny has a lot of learning and growing up to do.
Jenny becomes fascinated with her classroom where whirling planets hang from the ceiling. Each day, she finds herself more and more intrigued with each planet and considers their place in the universe. Her teacher's lessons on outer space, planets and astronauts become a real focus of her attention. She soon learns that an astronaut is coming to visit her school. Jenny hopes all her questions will be answered, including finding out what it's like to live in outer space - something she hopes to do one day! Having lived in foster care since she was a baby, she even wonders if they have foster homes on other planets!

The story eventually takes the reader into Jenny's future. Will Jenny's love for the stars and planets continue into adulthood? Will Jenny grow up to be a space traveler? Find out with The Coming of an Astronaut, an entertaining story, packed with well-researched facts on outer space.

The Coming of an Astronaut is written by retired school teacher, Karen Jansen, who taught school for more than 25 years and used her own fiction stories as tools to instill a love for astronomy.

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