Magnolia, in partnership with sixth grade classmate Nick Lawless, a drummer, swears to get to the bottom of the heist. No RSVP required." The event hits a snag when a prized, anonymously owned meteorite integral to the festivities is stolen from the local library. Harrington for a local UFO organization's 10th anniversary, the event is intended to both capitalize on the region's history of otherworldly sightings and to attract "any and all space aliens who wish to visit. Magnolia Jean Crook-sheriff's daughter, staunch believer in alien life, and aspiring detective-is as excited as anyone in 1964 Totter, Tex., for the upcoming First Annual Come On Down Day. 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.īut much like UFOs, extraterrestrial visitations, and sending people to space, the impossible has been known to happen.Ĭosmic questions merge with terrestrial affairs in this unhurried small-town mystery from Bustard (Blue Skies).
The only problem is that there is a lot of evidence against her, and Mimi herself isn’t helping things.
MJ is desperate to show the town that this Crook is not a thief. 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. 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. 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. From the author of Blue Skies comes a lively middle grade novel set in 1960s Texas about a young, alien-loving girl trying to clear her grandmother’s good name in this mystery that has humor, hijinks, and heart in equal measure.
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