Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel Teen & Young Adult Alien Science Fiction a senior citizen threatening to

a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better

“What a thrilling—and chilling—adventure

He’s a Telepath too

and how they went from being practical instruments to quirky heirlooms to highly coveted objects

Hilda befriends a lonely wooden man

Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel Teen & Young Adult Alien Science Fiction a senior citizen threatening toNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A beautifully written, extraordinary quest in which two ordinary, overlooked women embark on an unlikely scientific expedition to the South Seas.Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrews Last Stand WINNER OF THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes an uplifting, irresistible novel about two women on a life changing adventure, where they must risk