How to Become a Planet

Pluto Timoney has always loved outer space, spending her summers at the boardwalk, the planetarium, and her mother's pizzeria. When she's diagnosed with depression and anxiety just before her thirteenth birthday, she feels stuck in a black hole and wants to become the person she was before. With help from a planetarium hotline, a new tutor, and an unexpected friend, she begins to find a way forward. The story follows her struggle to heal and the small steps that can lead to feeling like herself again.