num_pages: 256
description: In two parallel stories, a fourteen-year-old boy who is NASA's first Junior Astronaut and a fourteen-year-old Maasai herder in Kenya both edge into maturity while questioning their family traditions
language: English
title: Countdown
titlecomplete: Countdown
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Cultural, Adventure, Coming Of Age, School, Young Adult, Space, Childrens, Africa
ratings_count: 291
publisher: Hyperion Book CH