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George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt. Lucy & Stephen Hawking (2010)

by Lucy Hawking(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

055255961X (ISBN13: 9780552559614)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Corgi Books

series

George

review 1: Excellent. Just as good as the first in this series, which, like this one, was a "read-aloud" book with my 6yo daughter. We will now look for #3 in the series. In this one, George and Annie (along with a new friend Emmett) use the super-computer “Cosmos” to create a portal for George and Annie to travel around the universe, in search of scavenger hunt clues, which perhaps are coming from extra terrestrial life? The messages take them to various planets and locations (moons also) where human beings may be able to live: Mars, Triton (Saturn’s moon), Alpha Centauri (next solar system next to ours, only 4 light years away), and, finally, another planet which is 41 light years away. This series is extremely read-able and full of lots of suspense and excitement. It k... moreeeps both my interest and my daughter's also!
review 2: I wanted to like this, but it felt a bit too much like a 5th grade homework assignment. It has a cute story that keeps getting interrupted by science lessons. Lessons that are often disregarded to advance the plot. (e.g.: it takes 8-20 minutes to get a signal to Mars, but they do it in real time.) Don't think I'll bother with the rest of the series. I did appreciate the nod to H2G2, though. ("I don't think there's a restaurant at the end of the Universe.") less

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