Frank Cottrell Boyce makes you laugh and think about parents and growing up, about the goodness of gravity and the infinite stars.You know how, once in a great while, you finish a book and it was so good that you want to start reading it all over again? That’s what happened to me with Frank Cottrell Boyce’s “ Cosmic.”Īs the book opens, Liam Digby is explaining that he’s not really on a school trip, as he told his parents. Instead, he’s lost in outer space aboard the rocket ship Infinite Possibility and he’s “all right…ish.” How did he get there?
Hugely funny and utterly gripping." - The Guardian "Cosmic" is Liam's favorite term of approval. "Cottrell Boyce has a gift for suspending disbelief, for laugh-out-loud comedy. the novel ends with an elegant punch line, and a touching endorsement of filial love." - New York Times Book Review "This superb humorous and inventive "cosmic" adventure celebrated space travel, friendships, and dads." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review) This is not only a story about big lads, but also about dads and dadliness!" - Booklist (starred review) "In his latest extravagantly imaginative and marvelously good-natured novel, written one that is bound to win readers' hearts. "Readers will appreciate the sharp, realistic, and very funny dialogue." - School Library Journal (starred review)
Celebrates not only the spirit of exploration but the human connectedness that allows it to flower." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) "A story of human possibility with a lot of adventure, or an adventure with full credit given to human possibility? Either way, it's a fantastic, funny, and moving novel. A high-levity zero-gravity romp." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Liam's musings on what it takes to be a good, responsible father are dryly comical but also charmingly earnest. " has created a riveting, affecting, sometimes snortingly funny "what-if" scenario.
A can't-miss offering from an author whose latest novel may be his best yet." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A hilarious and heartfelt examination of "dadliness" in all its forms. Being 239,000 miles from earth doesn't make it any easier. Liam has always had trouble keeping his feet on the ground. About the Book A hilarious and touching story about dads and dadliness from the one-of-a-kind Boyce, "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Millions."
0 kommentar(er)
