Thank you very much for allowing me to read this title; I am trying to read as widely as possible ahead of the Carnegie/Greenaway nominations and awards for 2018 and your help is much appreciated.
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This was an absolutely lovely YA read.

15 year old Meg is an aspiring astronaut who dreams of escaping Earth. Meg is stuck with a super flaky hippie Mother who one day up and leaves Meg in charge of her toddler sister to go on a volunteer holiday to...Myanmar. I'll tell you, it's easy to hate Meg's mum who tells her that they have no money to pay for a trip to a NASA camp for Meg but can afford airfare to Myanmar. What a load of rubbish. Actually kind of disappointed the author tried to redeem Meg's awful mum in the end. Social services should have been called.

Even though Meg muddles through taking care of her baby sister Elsa with the help of her Grandad and some surprising new school friends, it's a situation a 15 year old never should have been put in.

In the end Meg learns quite a bit from this experience and the reader will enjoy experiencing this along with Meg.

Of course there is a slight tinge of romance thrown in here, but it's not out of place and is actually quite sweet.

Great read for ages 12 and up.