Two strangers. One forgotten astronomy textbook. A decades-old secret. A fascinating,highly illustratedepistolary novel perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and Alice Osemanfeaturing designed doodled edges! When a recent transfer student starts keeping her diary in the oldest textbook at the Green Bank High School librarythe last thing she expects is to receive a response. Thus begins a sweeping tale of unlikely friendship and long-buried secrets between two secret pen pals at a rural West Virginia high school. Copernicus is adrift and searching for answers after the sudden death of her motherand leaving her cosmopolitan life in San Francisco behind. Kepler is a small-town girl with straight A’s and big plans to be the first person in her family to go to collegedespite her family’s modest means. The two girls are so different from one another but united in their goal to solve a mystery that has riddled Green Bank for decades. Meticulously hand-drawn by debut author Jessica Walker across the pages of an actual ancient astrophysics textbookThe Secret Astronomers is a story of friendshipfamilycrop circlessecret crushesgiant telescopeslife in Appalachiaand two girls discovering new ways to connect across any divide that separates them.