See you in the cosmos

Title:

Author:

Cheng, Jack, 1983- author.

Personal Author:

Cheng, Jack, 1983- author.

ISBN:

9780399186370

Physical Description:

314 pages ; 22 cm

Abstract:

"Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip and he records it all on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space"-- Provided by publisher.

Reading Level:

1120 Lexile.

Subject Term:

Dogs -- Fiction.

Families -- Fiction.

Voyages and travels -- Fiction.

Summary:

"Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip and he records it all on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space"--

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"I haven't read anything that has moved me this much since Wonder ." --Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places

A space-obsessed boy and his dog, Carl Sagan, take a journey toward family, love, hope, and awe in this funny and moving novel for fans of Counting by 7s , Walk Two Moons, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time .

11-year-old Alex Petroski loves space and rockets, his mom, his brother, and his dog Carl Sagan--named 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 he'll uncover--from 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.

Jack Cheng's 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." -- Entertainment Weekly
"Life-embracing." -- The Wall Street Journal
"Works beautifully." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Irresistible." -- The Chicago Tribune
"The best I've read in a long, long time." --Holly Goldberg Sloan, author of Counting by 7s
"Riveting, inspiring, and sometimes hilarious." --Kirkus , starred review
"A propulsive stream-of-conscious dive." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review
"A gift--a miracle." --Paul Griffin, author When Friendship Followed Me Home
"Exuberant." --Booklist
"Full of the real kind of magic." --Ally Condie, author of Matched
"Absorbing, irresistible." --Common Sense Media
"Incredible." --BookRiot
"Full of innocence and unwavering optimism." --SLC
"Inspiring." --Time for Kids
"Powerfully affirms our human capacity for grace and love and understanding." --Gary D. Schmidt, author of Okay for Now

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

If you made a recording to be heard by the aliens who found the iPod, what would you record?For 11-year-old Alex Petroski, it's easy. He records everything. He records the story of how he travels to New Mexico to a rocket festival with his dog, Carl Sagan, and his rocket. He records finding out that a man with the same name and birthday as his dead father has an address in Las Vegas. He records eating at Johnny Rockets for the first time with his new friends, who are giving him a ride to find his dead father (who might not be dead!), and losing Carl Sagan in the wilds of Las Vegas, and discovering he has a half sister. He even records his own awful accident. Cheng delivers a sweet, soulful debut novel with a brilliant, refreshing structure. His characters manage to come alive through the "transcript" of Alex's iPod recording, an odd medium that sounds like it would be confusing but really works. Taking inspiration from the Voyager Golden Record released to space in 1977, Alex, who explains he has "light brown skin," records all the important moments of a journey that takes him from a family of two to a family of plenty. Riveting, inspiring, and sometimes hilarious. (Fiction. 10-14) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.