Overview
A space-obsessed boy and his dog, Carl Sagan, takeĀ a journey toward family, love, hope, and awe in this funny and moving novel for fans of Counting by 7s,Ā Walk Two Moons, andĀ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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11-year-old Alex Petroski loves space and rockets, his mom, his brother, and his dog Carl Saganānamed for his hero, the real-life astronomer. All he wants is to launch his golden iPod into space the way Carl Sagan (the man, not the dog) launched his Golden Record on the Voyager spacecraft in 1977. From Colorado to New Mexico, Las Vegas to L.A., Alex records a journey on his iPod to show other lifeforms what life on earth, his earth, is like. But his destination keeps changing. And the funny, lost, remarkable people he meets along the way can only partially prepare him for the secrets heāll uncoverāfrom the truth about his long-dead dad to the fact that, for a kid with a troubled mom and a mostly not-around brother, he has way more family than he ever knew.
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Jack Chengās debut is full of joy, optimism, determination, and unbelievable heart. To read the first page is to fall in love with Alex and his view of our big, beautiful, complicated world. To read the last is to know he and his story will stay with you a long, long time.
"Stellar."Ā āEntertainment Weekly
āLife-embracing.āĀ āThe Wall Street Journal
"Works beautifully."Ā āThe New York Times Book Review
āIrresistible.āĀ āThe Chicago Tribune
āThe best I've read in a long, long time.ā āHolly Goldberg Sloan, author ofĀ Counting by 7s
āRiveting, inspiring, and sometimes hilarious.āĀ āKirkus, starred review
āA propulsive stream-of-conscious dive.ā āPublishers Weekly, starred review
āA giftāa miracle.ā āPaul Griffin, authorĀ When Friendship Followed Me Home
āExuberant.āĀ āBooklist
"Full of the real kind of magic." āAlly Condie, author ofĀ MatchedĀ
"Absorbing, irresistible."Ā āCommon Sense Media
āIncredible.āĀ āBookRiot
"Full of innocence and unwavering optimism."Ā āSLC
"Inspiring."Ā āTime for Kids
āPowerfully affirms our human capacity for grace and love and understanding.āĀ āGary D. Schmidt, author ofĀ Okay for Now
This book title, See You in the Cosmos - 9780399186387, ISBN: 9780399186387, by Jack Cheng, published by Penguin Young Readers Group (May 15, 2018) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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