Far Out!, Anne Bustard
Far Out!, Anne Bustard
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Far Out!

Author: Anne Bustard

Narrator: Rebekkah Ross

Unabridged: 5 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/18/2023


Synopsis

From the author of Blue Skies comes a lively middle grade novel about a young, alien-loving girl trying to clear her grandmother’s name in this mystery that has humor, hijinks, and heart in equal measure.

It’s 1964, the Space Race is well underway, and eleven-year-old Magnolia Jean Crook and the other residents of Totter, Texas, are over the moon about UFOs.

The whole town is gearing up for the First Annual Come on Down Day—in just one week, they are hoping to host any and all space aliens who would like to visit Earth. But right before the kick-off party, a meteorite goes missing—and MJ’s beloved grandmother Mimi, who is the vice president of the Totter Unidentified Flying Object Organization, is the prime suspect.

MJ is desperate to show the town that this Crook is not a thief. The only problem is that there is a lot of evidence against her, and Mimi herself isn’t helping things. She’s acting suspiciously, pulling disappearing acts, and worst of all, can’t seem to answer any questions about where she was or what she was doing.

But much like UFOs, extraterrestrial visitations, and sending people to space, the impossible has been known to happen.

About Anne Bustard

Anne S. Bustard is the former co-owner of Toad Hall Children’s Bookstore and an MFA graduate from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of the middle grade novels Anywhere But Paradise, Blue Skies, and Far Out!, as well as two picture books: Rad! and Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly, which was an IRA Children’s Book Award Notable and a Bank Street Book of the Year.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on March 12, 2023

I initially wanted to read Far Out! with my son, but after a few chapters realized it wasn't quite a good real aloud for us as it was advanced for him. So I devoured it quickly on my own. You see, the main characters are fifth graders, and there's a big difference in reading level with my lower elem......more

Goodreads review by Ruthie on March 26, 2023

”Be curious.” Far Out! by Anne Bustard is a sweet middle-grade fiction about one town’s reaction to the Space Race in the 1960s. Totter, Texas, is ready to welcome intergalactic friends during the first annual Come on Down Day in the fall of 1964, but disaster strikes when the meteorite on display is......more

Goodreads review by Karen on March 31, 2023

A fun and exciting children's chapter book that will entertain older readers, too! Far Out! is the new children's historical mystery by author Anne Bustard that will also entertain and delight older readers. With the main character, Magnolia Jean Crook, and her best guy pal, Nick Lawless, on the case......more

Goodreads review by Rox on March 28, 2023

Anne Bustard creates a magical story of family love combined with a plan to welcome extraterrestrial visitors to the small town of Totter, Texas, circa 1964. This chapter book features Magnolia Jean Crook, MJ, and Nick Lawless. MJ wants to help solve the mystery when the meteorite, the event’s cente......more