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Clues to the universe  Cover Image Book Book

Clues to the universe / Christina Li.

Li, Christina, (author.).

Summary:

Told from their different points of view, aspiring rocket scientist Ro and introverted artist Benji become science class partners and unlikely friends, together setting out to build a rocket and search for Benji's long-lost father using clues in his favorite comic books series.
The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had been working on together. Benjamin Burns doesn't like science, but he can't get enough of Spacebound, a popular comic book series. When he finds a sketch that suggests that his dad created the comics, he's thrilled. Too bad his dad walked out years ago, and Benji has no way to contact him. Though Ro and Benji were only supposed to be science class partners, the pair become unlikely friends, and Ro even figures out a way to reunite Benji and his dad. But Benji hesitates, which infuriates Ro. Doesn't he realize how much Ro wishes she could be in his place? As the two face bullying, grief, and their own differences, Benji and Ro try to piece together clues to some of the biggest questions in the universe.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780063008885
  • ISBN: 0063008882
  • Physical Description: 292 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

Contents / Notes

Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12
Grades 4-7
Subject: Middle school students > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Best friends > Juvenile fiction.
Father and child > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers > Death > Juvenile fiction.
Fatherless families > Juvenile fiction.
Absentee fathers > Juvenile fiction.
Rockets (Aeronautics) > Models > Juvenile fiction.
Grief > Juvenile fiction.
Bullying > Juvenile fiction.
Middle schools > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Fathers > Fiction.
Racially mixed people > Fiction.
Rockets (Aeronautics) > Fiction.
Bullying > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Middle schools > Fiction.
Schools > Fiction.
Sacramento (Calif.) > Fiction.
California > History > 1950- > Fiction.
Youths' writings.
Élèves d'école moyenne > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Amitié > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Amis > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Père et enfant > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Pères > Mort > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Familles sans père > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Pères absents > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Chagrin > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Intimidation > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Écoles moyennes > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
Écoles > Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship.
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Marriage & Divorce.
JUVENILE FICTION / Technology / Astronauts & Space.
Absentee fathers
Best friends
Bullying
Father and child
Fatherless families
Fathers > Death
Friendship
Grief
Middle school students
Middle schools
Rockets (Aeronautics) > Models
Schools
Friendship > Fiction.
Fathers > Fiction.
Racially mixed people > Fiction.
Rockets (Aeronautics) > Fiction.
Bullies > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Middle schools > Fiction.
School stories.
Sacramento (Calif.) > Fiction.
California > History > Fiction.
Genre: Juvenile fiction.
Fictional Work
Novels
Fiction
Juvenile works
Novels.
Fiction.
Romans.

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Summary: Told from their different points of view, aspiring rocket scientist Ro and introverted artist Benji become science class partners and unlikely friends, together setting out to build a rocket and search for Benji's long-lost father using clues in his favorite comic books series.
The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had been working on together. Benjamin Burns doesn't like science, but he can't get enough of Spacebound, a popular comic book series. When he finds a sketch that suggests that his dad created the comics, he's thrilled. Too bad his dad walked out years ago, and Benji has no way to contact him. Though Ro and Benji were only supposed to be science class partners, the pair become unlikely friends, and Ro even figures out a way to reunite Benji and his dad. But Benji hesitates, which infuriates Ro. Doesn't he realize how much Ro wishes she could be in his place? As the two face bullying, grief, and their own differences, Benji and Ro try to piece together clues to some of the biggest questions in the universe.

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