How to Become a Planet

A Publishers Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2021
One of The Nerd Daily's “Anticipated Queer Book Releases You Can’t Miss in 2021”
One of Lambda Literary's “May’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Literature”

“Gorgeous.” —BuzzFeed

The two most important things to know about Pluto Timoney: (1) she’s always loved outer space (obviously); and (2) her favorite season is summer, the time to go to the boardwalk, visit the planetarium, and work in her mom’s pizzeria.

This summer, when Pluto’s turning thirteen, is different. Pluto has just been diagnosed with depression, and she feels like a black hole is sitting on her chest, making it hard to do anything. When Pluto’s dad threatens to make her move to the city—where he believes his money could help her get better—Pluto comes up with a plan to do whatever it takes to be her old self again. If she does everything that old, “normal” Pluto would do, she can stay with her mom. But it takes a new therapist, new tutor, and new (cute) friend with a plan of her own for Pluto to see that there is no old or new her. There’s just Pluto, discovering more about herself every day.

Thank you Rachel Jacobs for narrating this story.

Thank you Nicole Melleby for writing this phenomenal book about teenage Depression and anxiety.

AMAZING

I love it so much but it did make me feel sadder. Nicole Melleby made you feel the feelings Pluto was feeling in an amazing way. But most of the feelings were depression — which was hard. But I still love it.

AMAZING

I LOVE this book. Once i started listening to it it gave me motivation to get my life in order. I have to slow myself down so I don’t listen to it in one sitting.