Books like This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger
Aurora is content with her everyday life on Earth in the twenty‑first century. But when she discovers her family will be moving to a lunar colony, she is thrown into a whirlwind of excitement and uncertainty. The story follows Aurora as she faces the challenges of adapting to a new, distant home while juggling her feelings about leaving the familiar world behind.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Paula Danziger
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