What Happens Next

In this heartfelt and accessible middle grade novel perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, a young girl throws herself into solving a local mystery to keep from missing her older sister, who has been sent to an eating disorder treatment facility. Astronomy-obsessed Abby McCourt should be thrilled about the solar eclipse her small town of Moose Junction is about to witness, but she's not. After her older sister Blair was sent away for an eating disorder, Abby has been in a funk. Desperate to dull the pain her sister's absence has left, she teams up with a visiting astronomer to help track down his long-lost telescope. Though this is supposed to take Abby's mind off the distance between her and Blair, what she finds may bring her closer to her sister than she ever thought possible. It's summer in Moose Junction, and twelve-year-old Abby McCourt should be excited about the approaching solar eclipse--especially because she's obsessed with astronomy--but she's not. After the incident at the Memorial Day barbecue, nothing has been the same. Her friends avoid her. Her parents are stressed. And the one person she felt closest to--her older sister Blair--has been sent to a treatment facility to learn how to eat again. But wait ... rewind a bit. This didn't really start with Blair's meltdown over a cupcake at the barbecue. When Abby thinks on it, she can see traces of her sister's eating disorder from years back. She just never imagined it would get this bad. Then world-renowned astronomer Dr. Leo Lacamoire arrives in town on a mission to find a telescope that was stolen from him and employs Abby's help. Together, they hatch a plan that might be able to get them both what they want--a way to heal what the past has broken