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See You in the Cosmos

Call no.: : JEF 813.6 CHE
Author: : Jack Cheng
Contributor: : Mohd. Awis Haji Abu Bakar
Summary: This book is written by Jack Cheng and published by Penguin Random House LLC in 2017. The story is about space-obsessive Alex Petroski, an eleven-yer-old, caring single-handedly for his depressed mother and his puppy Carl Sagan. Readers are given unique insight into Alex’s life because he records it all on an iPod, which he plans to send into space to give aliens a detailed idea of life on Earth. Though to his disappointment he never gets the opportunity to record the heartbeat of a man in love, the journey Alex undertakes more than makes up for that. Readers travel with him from Colorado to Las Vegas, via the Southwest High-Altitude Rocket Festival, where he tries and fails to launch his rocket, and along the way he makes new friends, and discover family he never knew he had. Alex is an unforgettable character, his story is poignant, hopeful and – as his bravery is rewarded – inspiring too. Alex story is full of the real kind of magic-friends well-met, surprising journeys, and heartbreak and hope. Alex fights with all of his magnificent, compassionate heart to remind us that we are humans are first, last, and always creatures of hope.