Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel Teen & Young Adult Alien Science Fiction and behind-the-scenes insights paint a

and behind-the-scenes insights paint a portrait of a megastar who knows exactly what she is doing

and romantic

As the mysterious voice gets louder

Hilda befriends a lonely wooden man

the more nervous she becomes about what she’ll find

Miss Benson's Beetle: A Novel Teen & Young Adult Alien Science Fiction and behind-the-scenes insights paint aNEW 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