Oliver's Great Big Universe: A Novel

ISBN: 141976408X

Author: Cham, Jorge

Condition: New

Mind-expanding and hilarious!- I got smarter reading this!Jeff Kinney, author of the international bestselling series Diary of a Wimpy KidCosmos meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in Olivers Great Big Universe, an original illustrated middle-grade fiction series that blends science with narrative from the Emmy Award-nominated creator of PBSs Elinor Wonders Why.I know what youre thinking. What makes an average 11-year-old kid qualified to tell you anything about the universe?Am I famous scientist? No.Am I a super-genius at everything? Not really.Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle school-new friends, new classes, new everything. But at least theres one thing that still makes sense: science! Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns-like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs, and most important, how the Big Bang is basically just like a fart in the school hallway. (Also, there are time-bending black holes, exploding supernova stars, and aliens! Well, there could be aliens.)Oliver finally feels like hes starting to figure things out . . . but can he stay out of the principals office or catch a break from his annoying sister?With laugh-out-loud humor and cartoon-style illustrations from the bestselling writer and creator of PHD Comics, Jorge Cham, Olivers Great Big Universe is a STEAM-themed, diary-style series following an 11-year-old whos taking on the whole universe-if he can survive middle school first.