Jackie Sees a Star

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Jackie Sees a Star begins as a warm, funny family story and gradually opens into a tale of cosmic wonder. Narrated by Aunt Dorothy, it follows Jackie, a bright, imaginative boy whose claim to have a telepathic friend named Mig, a child from another world, first sounds like harmless fantasy. Yet Jackie's uncanny knowledge of astronomy and space travel makes his stories increasingly hard to dismiss, especially as he predicts the destruction of Mig's sun and the arrival of a spaceship. When a spectacular celestial event occurs exactly as Jackie foretold, skepticism gives way to scientific scrutiny, public excitement, and family upheaval. Professor Milliken and Dave, an observatory worker, begin to take the boy seriously, while Dorothy and Beth struggle to balance affection, disbelief, and concern. Blending domestic charm, childlike imagination, and classic science-fiction awe, the story explores wonder, skepticism, and the possibility that adults may overlook truths spoken in a child's voice. Even then, Jackie and Mig are still simply called in for lunch. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.