Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
Book Club for Kids

Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

A2ElementaryJune 10, 202623 min
  • Interview
  • Arts & culture

Get out the Kleenex and a warm jacket and gloves. This week is a heartbreaking tale of troubled foster kid who finds comfort among a herd of cows in Maine. Readers from Carter G. Woodson Charter School in Chicago discuss Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt. U.S. Senator Angus King is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host.

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It's the Book Club for Kids. The Book Club for Kids. It's the Book Club for Kids. It's the Book Club for Kids podcast.

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Hi, I'm Kitty Feldy. It's still warm here in California, but in some parts of the country there's already been a dusting of snow.

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Imagine winter in Maine or Chicago. You're free are gonna freeze. Your fingers are gonna freeze. If you walk it around in the snow, chances are you're going to freeze.

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