Chasing the Milky Way

the long version

Lucy Peevey has one dream - to get out of Sunnyside Trailer Park and become a famous scientist. In fact, she and her best friend, Cam, have already figured out how to do that: build a robot that will win a prize at the BotBlock competition and use that money to start saving for college. But when you've got a mama who's flying so high she can reach the stars one minute but is slumped over in a Meditation of Misery the next, it's harder to achieve those goals than one would think. And when, in a moment of desperation, Mama, Lucy, Cam, and Lucy's sister, Izzy, escape in the old Mustang, things get even harder. Lucy, Izzy, and Cam are good at sticking together, and better at solving problems. But even their best problem-solving skills might not help Lucy and Izzy prevent the one thing they dread even more than Mama's moods; living without Mama at all. (Book flap)