This Place Has No Atmosphere

Aurora Williams seems to have everything; she's a member of the 'in-group' at her school, she's best friends with a rich celebrity and best of all the cutest boy in school just asked her out. Teen heaven right? But Aurora isn't really happy. Her parents don't understand her, or she them, and she isn't really like the other kids in her group though she's good at acting like she is. In short Aurora is pretending to be somebody she's not in order to be accepted. What this book is really about is Aurora discovering who Aurora is and getting the courage to be herself. Along the way she learns hanging out and having boyfriends isn't all there is to life, that people she used to dismiss as 'barfburgers' might be worth knowing after all, and maybe her parents understand her better than she thought. She even learns to appreciate her kid sister! None of which would have happened if she hadn't been forced to move to the Moon.

I think This Place Has No Atmosphere was one of the most uniqe books I have ever read. It made me think about what life would be like in fifty or so years. It is the perfect book for kids like me who love space and science fiction, and can't wait to see what the future might bring.

If you think your life couldn't get any worse, you should share a day in the life of Aurora Williams. The book This Place Has No Atmosphere by Paula Danziger is a classic. In the year 2057, 14-year old Aurora and her friends do all the regular teenage activities. They get in trouble, buy CD's, and watch models in mood clothes. One day Aurora's life is shattered with news from her mother that she and her family are moving to the Moon. Aurora prepares for the worst and the beginning of a new life on the Moon. After about a year on the moon, Aurora's fears have gradually disappeared as she makes new friends, and found the finer things on the moon. Danziger surely has pointed out every teens nightmare in this science fiction-comedy. It sure will make children and adults laugh from years 2000 to 2060!

In 2057, Aurora is living on the Earth with her parents. Her life is going great and her crush just asked her out when suddendly her parents annouce that the family is moving to the moon. You've got to love this book!

This book was terrific! It really expressed the way a kid who is moving would feel. With its humorous perception of the future, tied to the life of a normal teen who goes through the same things as a teenager in the '90's, this book was literally out of this world!