Cosmic

by Frank Cottrell Boyce

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Liam has always felt a bit like he’s stuck between two worlds. This is primarily due to the fact that he’s a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he’s about thirty. Sometimes it’s not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school, or when he convinces a car dealer to let him take a Porsche out on a test drive. But mostly it’s just frustrating, being a kid trapped in an adult world.

And so he decides to flip things around.

Liam cons his way onto the first spaceship to take civilians into space, a special flight for a group of kids and an adult chaperone, and he is going as the adult chaperone. It’s not long before Liam, along with his friends, is stuck between two worlds again – only this time he’s 239,000 miles from home.

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Published: 1/19/2010 (Walden Pond Press)

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Cosmic

Grades 3 – 5, Grades 6 – 8

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Reviews

"In his [Frank Cottrell Boyce] latest extravagantly imaginative and marvelously good-natured novel he has also written one that is bound to win readers’ hearts."

Michael Cart Booklist

"Riveting, affecting, sometimes snortingly funny “what-if” scenario that illuminates the realities of space travel as it thoughtfully examines the nature of adulthood... A high-levity zero-gravity romp."

Kirkus Starred Review

"A can’t-miss offering from an author whose latest novel may be his best yet."

Publisher's Weekly Starred Review

"With echoes of Roald Dahl, four specially chosen fathers and children (well, with one ringer - a very tall 12-year-old) face at set of challenges posed by a slightly mad billionaire that will send them around the moon if they don't drift into space first."

New York Times

"Readers will appreciate the sharp, realistic, and very funny dialogue as well as Liam's technique of solving real-world problems…"

School Library Journal Starred Review

"A fantastic, funny, and moving novel, for both those dreaming of the stars and those firmly rooted on the ground."

Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books Starred Review

"Immediately grabs the reader’s attention, and the likable characters, the gentle sense of humor and the far-fetched adventure will keep it."

The Horn Book

"Frank Cottrell Boyce makes you laugh…"

Washington Post

"Suspenseful, charming and funny…"

Sue Carita from The Toadstool Bookshop New England Children’s Booksellers Top Ten List

Amazon.com Best Books of 2010...So Far For Kids and Teens

A message from Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrel Boyce is the author of two other books for children: Framed and Millions, which was made into a movie by Oscarwinning director Danny Boyle. Frank lives in England with his family.

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