George and the Big Bang (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442440050)

Explore how the universe began--and thwart evil along the way--in this cosmic adventure from Stephen and Lucy Hawking that includes a graphic novel.

George has problems. He has twin baby sisters at home who demand his parents' attention. His beloved pig Freddy has been exiled to a farm, where he's miserable. And worst of all, his best friend, Annie, has made a new friend whom she seems to like more than George.
So George jumps at the chance to help Eric with his plans to run a big experiment in Switzerland that seeks to explore the earliest moment of the universe. But there is a conspiracy afoot, and a group of evildoers is planning to sabotage the experiment. A mysterious message from George's old nemesis, Reeper, brings shocking new information, but whose side is Reeper really on? And can George repair his friendship with Annie and piece together the clues before Eric's experiment is destroyed forever?
This engaging adventure features essays by Professor Stephen Hawking and other eminent physicists about the origins of the universe and ends with a twenty-page graphic novel that explains how the Big Bang happened--in reverse

Author: Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking
ISBN-10: 1442440058
ISBN-13: 9781442440050
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2012
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.6
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 153675 / George and the Big Bang


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2012
School Library Journal 11/01/2012 pg. 107
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 71 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw