No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko

5/5 stars


Booktalk: The author of Al Capone Does My Shirts has created another unusual and character-driven book in No Passengers Beyond This Point. This sci-fi fantasy book follows three siblings, India, Finn and Mouse Tompkins, as they tell their story in their own points of view in alternating chapters. India, Finn and Mouse have just been told by their mother that their house is being taken away by the bank and they will be moving to Colorado to live with their uncle. The three children are shocked, especially when they are told that they are leaving the next day on a plane, without their mother, who needs to finish up her job and the packing. Their adventure begins on this somber note, but when they land in an unusual place called Falling Bird, what awaits them is not their uncle, but some choices about life, family, and what is really important. Mouse is a five-year-old genius, but even she is having trouble figuring out how they are going to find their way home again from the mysterious Falling Bird.