Cosmic

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The outlandish situation (two boys feverishly spending large amounts of money), the characterizations (particularly of the two boys and their father), the subtle handling of the big emotional and theological themes (of grief and faith), the laugh-out-loud humorous moments (my favorite being the playground economy), and the remarkable voice of narrator Damian (the younger of the two boys) made it a memorable novel for me as well as for my students when I read it aloud to them. One lesson the World of Warcraft teaches you is that if you want to succeed on the next level, you need to acquire new skills. He just reacts to situations like a child would want to and the result is sometimes funny, sometimes disastrous. It's a coincidence I began this on the night of the lunar eclipse, or maybe I just have space on the brain? He is constantly pushing the limit to see how how far his adult appearance can take him (test driving a Porche?

The book will be published in the US in July, but is already available at audible; thanks to Kelly Herold who alerted me to this fact.Like most tweens, he decides to take advantage of this situation, which results in an outlandish excursion to China for the world's largest roller coaster.

The difference of course being that in Big the boy can go back to looking like a kid and in Cosmic Liam will just have to grow into his.

It has been likened to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in a space setting, and contains discussion questions and bonus material for use in class.

When Liam wins a competition to try out the world’s greatest thrill ride, he and his friend Florida are whisked away to Infinity Park in China by the mysterious Dr Drax.There is no reason younger students cannot thoroughly enjoy it, but COSMIC is a must-read for middle schoolers. As this is mostly Liam’s reflection of the events that led him to be in charge of a space shuttle, there is a bit of jumping between ‘present-day Liam’ talking about his view of the Earth, and the Liam of the past, in the months leading up to the adventure.