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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
I feel like this book would have been amazing to read if I were about 10 years old. With that being said I am not the target audience for this book. But it was good.
fast-paced
3,8
¡Es un libro muy lindo!
Tuve que contener las risas y las lágrimas muchas veces a lo largo de la historia.
Es un libro muy tierno, inocente, que te llena el corazón de esperanza, motivación y amor.
Se lee muy rápido, así que por favor hagánlo y disfrutenlo <3
¡Es un libro muy lindo!
Tuve que contener las risas y las lágrimas muchas veces a lo largo de la historia.
Es un libro muy tierno, inocente, que te llena el corazón de esperanza, motivación y amor.
Se lee muy rápido, así que por favor hagánlo y disfrutenlo <3
This book is a window into the life of a wonderful young man who has a very complicated life. This book will make you laugh and cry, cheer and wonder why. This is a great chapter book for a tween reader and for adult too.
Alex and his dog Carl Sagan head off on the adventure of a lifetime. Alex is obsessed with launching a rocket into space with a golden ipod with his recorded messages for the aliens. Alex learns the true meaning of family and friendship and most importantly the importance of being brave. ES/MS Astronomy, Family, Neglect, Mental Illness
So!!! Good!!!
I love how honest each part of the story is. I love how much love Alex has in his heart. I love how people affect people. How we shape each other through love, earnestness, and acceptance.
I hope, just like Alex, we find the things we are looking for. I hope we don't let the world rob us of our capacity for warmth. For love. I hope we get to face our truth, no matter how uncomfortable they are.
And if we stumbled upon dreams as big as making a rocket for outerspace, I hope we do so with bravery. I hope we give ourselves a chance. No matter how tough and impossible our dreams may seem. I hope we trust ourselves. We will make it. We will reach the cosmos. ❤
I love how honest each part of the story is. I love how much love Alex has in his heart. I love how people affect people. How we shape each other through love, earnestness, and acceptance.
I hope, just like Alex, we find the things we are looking for. I hope we don't let the world rob us of our capacity for warmth. For love. I hope we get to face our truth, no matter how uncomfortable they are.
And if we stumbled upon dreams as big as making a rocket for outerspace, I hope we do so with bravery. I hope we give ourselves a chance. No matter how tough and impossible our dreams may seem. I hope we trust ourselves. We will make it. We will reach the cosmos. ❤
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See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng is strange and funny and moving story told in the transcriptions of voice recordings 11-year-old Alex Petroski makes on an iPod he intends to send to space on the rocket he has built and will launch at a rocket convention. His unexpected journey takes him from Colorado to New Mexico to Las Vegas to L.A. and back Colorado again.
Alex's father died many years ago, his older brother works far away and checks in rarely, and his mum has been having a lot of her 'quiet days' recently. Alex can cook pretty well for himself and his mum, and has plenty of friends on Rocketforum, where he has learned all his rocket-building skills. With his pocket money from his job at a nearby grocery store Alex has ordered all his rocket parts online and booked his Amtrak tickets from Colorado to New Mexico.
What ensues is a surprising amount of travel and road tripping for an 11 year old on his own, with a lively cast of supporting characters/grown ups. The transcripts of Alex's voice recordings work really well as a storytelling tool, especially in tense situations with Alex narrating. Alex absolutely melts your heart leaving you rooting for him and of course his faithful doggo, Carl Sagan.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in return for an honest review. All views my own, promise!
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng is strange and funny and moving story told in the transcriptions of voice recordings 11-year-old Alex Petroski makes on an iPod he intends to send to space on the rocket he has built and will launch at a rocket convention. His unexpected journey takes him from Colorado to New Mexico to Las Vegas to L.A. and back Colorado again.
Alex's father died many years ago, his older brother works far away and checks in rarely, and his mum has been having a lot of her 'quiet days' recently. Alex can cook pretty well for himself and his mum, and has plenty of friends on Rocketforum, where he has learned all his rocket-building skills. With his pocket money from his job at a nearby grocery store Alex has ordered all his rocket parts online and booked his Amtrak tickets from Colorado to New Mexico.
What ensues is a surprising amount of travel and road tripping for an 11 year old on his own, with a lively cast of supporting characters/grown ups. The transcripts of Alex's voice recordings work really well as a storytelling tool, especially in tense situations with Alex narrating. Alex absolutely melts your heart leaving you rooting for him and of course his faithful doggo, Carl Sagan.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in return for an honest review. All views my own, promise!
I really enjoyed following Alex along on his adventures. This is a sweet middle-grade novel about a boy who loves space and the people who love him
Yes this was great and it's getting all started reviews, etc. now if you'll allow me to be grumpy for a minute : everyone is always looking for the next Wonder and I find it to be kind of an annoying problem. This book has a great kid at its center who is narrating everything that happens in his life. The issue to me, is that so much of what happens in this story is happening to the adults. And adult readers are the ones who will "get" that (large) part of the story. To kids, it will be still be a depiction of boring adult problems that they are familiar with but not completely concerned or interested in. This is a classic adult books masquerading as a kid's book issue. Which is a thing. A thing that frustrates me, obviously.