George and the Big Bang

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

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/28/2012
ISBN: 9781442440050
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Review Citations: 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

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