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George is heartbroken when he learns that his friend Annie and her father are moving to the US. Eric has a new job working for the space program, looking for signs of life in the Universe. Eric leaves George with a gift—a book called The User's Guide to the Universe. But Annie and Eric haven't been gone for very long when Annie believes that she is being contacted by aliens, who have a terrible warning for her. George joins her in the US to help her with her quest—and before he knows it, he, Annie, Cosmos, and Annie's annoying cousin Emmett have been swept up in a cosmic treasure hunt, spanning the whole galaxy and beyond.
Lucy Hawking's own experiences in zero-gravity flight and interviews with astronauts at Cape Kennedy and the Johnson Space Center lend the book a sense of realism and excitement that is sure to fire up imaginations. The book includes essays written by Professor Hawking and his colleagues, in which they provide the latest thoughts on space travel.
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Release date
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- ISBN: 9781416990574
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- ISBN: 9781416990574
- File size: 5206 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 6.1
- Lexile® Measure: 880
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 4-5
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Reviews
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October 1, 2009
Gr 5-8-George and Annie, the middle-school cosmologists in the Hawkings' "George's Secret Key to the Universe" (S & S, 2007), return in a sequel that, if not spellbinding, will please fans of the first book. Annie's scientist dad, Eric, is called from the UK to America to oversee a robot probe bound for Mars. Soon after, Annie invites George to visit and join her on a "cosmic mission." When he arrives, she shows him a coded message she thinks may have come from aliens, which she found on her father's broken super-laptop Cosmos. It suggests that if they can't crack the code, Earth will be destroyed. With the help of Emmett, a super-geek genius, they repair Cosmos and can once again travel the planets and stars. Meanwhile, Eric's robot probe arrives on Mars and behaves bizarrely. Brief essays on cosmology interspersed between the chapters expand on the topics Annie, George, and Eric mention, plus color photos of heavenly phenomena. Fun cartoon drawings throughout carry along the unsubtle tale whose message seems to be "Wow! Isn't science great?""Walter Minkel, Austin Public Library, TX"Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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July 1, 2009
In this sequel to George's Secret Key to the Universe, friends George and Annie (daughter of a Global Space Agency scientist) again venture through the universe, this time to investigate possible extraterrestrial contact. Contrived dialogue and precious plotting hamper the story, but the interspersed essays--contributed by leading scientists--are inspiring, communicating both basic concepts and thrilling frontiers. Stunning photos are interspersed.(Copyright 2009 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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