A review by drkottke
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

5.0

This is a lovely debut novel about the weaving together of a new family from disparate threads. The protagonist and narrator Alex (eleven, with a "responsibility age" of 13) has an engaging and authentic voice, and the story has the earnest DNA of Marcello in the Real World, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. There's both heartbreak and great humor, and I found the comedy enhanced by a read-aloud. Braid this with the recent childhood biography of Carl Sagan.