"An illness cursing the land forces seventeen-year-old Vega, the Last Astronomer, to venture across the wilderness to discover the stars message that will save her people."--

"Tara, an Indian-American junior at Brierly prep school, feels her world dramatically change when a mirror planet to Earth is discovered and she, in this new era of scientific history, reconsiders her self and possible selves."--

When a rainstorm prevents Nancy and her best friend, Robert, from getting to the planetarium the night of a class field trip, she has a brilliant idea for making things better.

A father takes his daughter out in the country to see her first meteor shower.

"Struggling with grief over her uncle's death, twelve-year-old amateur astronomer Tuesday Beals makes a discovery that could save her favorite astronomy spots in Zion National Park from the threat of a new housing development." --

"Jordie loves space. She can't believe it when she finds a black hole in her desk. But when the black hole starts snarfing everything in sight--including her dog--she realizes the black hole needs to go home"--

"Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor,...

"An aspiring astrophysicist, 11-year-old Oliver takes on the whole universe, explaining everything he learns, while starting his first year of middle school with new friends, new classes, new everything — where the only thing that still makes sense is science."--

Stella and her brother Max, of the Brite and Brite Detective Agency, put the mystery of Mayor Pickle's missing Pekingese on hold as they join the astronomy club in researching the problem of invisible dark matter in the universe.

When Minna expresses an interest in stars, her mother suggests she invite a few friends to a star party, including a special dinner, a trip to the new Star Space at the Children's Museum, and star-gazing.