This story has a bit of a golden-age feel… maybe Ray Bradbury meets Heinlein… but the protagonist here is a bit of an anti-Heinlein-protagonist, in every way.

However, it's still got both the nostalgia of Bradbury and the bold ventures of Heinlein.
My one thing was, I didn't understand the girl's resignation to her fate. Her 'list' of things she's going to miss out on, after leaving earth with her parents on a generation ship, convinced me that she truly didn't want to go. So... why not run away with the best friend? That was what I expected; and what I would've done, if I were her... [though, I'm not - at her age, I would've been raring to go! Only as an adult do I identify more with her regrets.] ( )

Cute story about two friends who will never see one another again... ( )