Retrograde Orbit ShortBox – Book Riot

– Book Riot

This contemporary middle-grade graphic novel about family and belonging from New York Times bestselling author Lucy Knisley is a perfect read for fans of Awkward and Be Prepared

"Fink recognizes that there's something inherently masturbatory about autobiography

-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Retrograde Orbit ShortBox – Book RiotBy Kristyna Baczynski. Published by Avery Hill Publishing. Softcover, 108 pages, Colour, 2018. At the outer edge of the solar system, on the mining planet Tisa, Flint and her mother live in the colony of Swift Springs. Displaced by a nuclear event, Flints family settled there two generations ago to become miners. Soon Flint will be old enough to begin her apprenticeship at the refinery. But is the home that her family has built for her enough, or will