The Featherweight Engineers
When ten-year-old Celeste Reyes sees a warbler strike the glass wall of St
When ten-year-old Celeste Reyes sees a warbler strike the glass wall of St. Louis's new Riverlight Conservatory, she tries to treat it as bad luck. She has a contest to win, a mechanical bird sculpture to finish, and a methodical rival named Theo who always has one more measurement than she does. But the more Celeste tests her shining wings, the clearer the problem becomes: reflections, lights, and her own beautiful design are confusing birds moving along the Mississippi flyway. With opening day closing in, Celeste, Theo, and their bird-smart friend Lina must turn a contest entry into something the whole conservatory can use. This warm, fast-moving middle-grade adventure follows a young maker as she learns that revision is not the end of imagination. It may be the bravest way to make something matter, especially when the world is watching.
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The Wing in the Window
# Chapter 1: The Wing in the Window
By Thursday afternoon, Aunt Marisol's repair shop had three kinds of dust: gray metal dust under the grinder, red brick dust drifting in from the alley, and the white fuzz that came out of old fans when nobody had cleaned them since a different decade.
Celeste Reyes liked all three. They made the place smell like things could still be useful.
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