Jack Cheng

"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"--

See You in the Cosmos, Carl Sagan

Darice de Cuba

A great book for kids and nice read for grown ups.

Nadine 

Great and compelling story. Will need some context and background for my students on Carl Sagan etc. Very likeable protagonist- the encounters with strangers who become friends and allies ... hmmm nice alternative to all the stranger danger messages but so many good and helpful people driving for hours cross country.
Deals with mental illness and life trauma in a sensitive but non euphemistic way that’s refreshing.

Juliet

An astonishingly moving middle-grade debut about a space-obsessed boy's quest for family and home. All eleven-year old Alex wants is to launch his iPod into space. With a series of audio recordings, he will show other lifeforms out in the cosmos what life on Earth, his Earth, is really like. But for a boy with a long-dead dad, a troubled mum, and a mostly-not-around brother, Alex struggles with the big questions. Where do I come from? Who's out there? And, above all, How can I be brave? Determined to find the answers, Alex sets out on a remarkable road trip that will turn his whole world upside down . . . For fans of Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 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.

See You in the Cosmos, Carl Sagan

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