This Place Has No Atmosphere

Sometimes I am afraid to reread favorites from my childhood, because what if they are not as great as I remembered them to be? I didn't have to worry about this one at all, it still rocks!

I think as a kid who was moved around a lot, it was easy for me to identify with a main character who gets unwillingly moved to the moon by her parents. Also, as an adult, I realize that this book (and Star Wars) really set off my love of Science Fiction. Just the IDEA of living in a biome on the surface of the moon....I really took all this stuff for granted when I was younger that 1. it would all exist by the time I was grown and 2. I was entitled to all of this stuff (by stuff, of course, I mean moon colonies but also hover boards, jet packs, color changing clothing, etc.)

Sigh. We were so optimistic in 1986.
This is not YA by today's standard at all, and I'll be the first to admit that Aurora's judgements of the other moon kids get old, fast. But there is a lot to love here, and a realistic solution to a problem (moving somewhere new) that any modern kid could relate to. Aurora's just a little MORE modern than today's modern teen.

I didn't read an updated edition. Some of the tiny details may be a tad dated (the supply closet has cassettes and ribbons), but nothing was so severe that it pulled me out of the story. Cellphones, that do not exist on Earth wouldn't work on the moon anyway, so there is that.

As a middle grade read, this is awesome. Personally, while I didn't get all of them, the puns were really funny. I'm just glad it was as great of a read as the first time I read it.