Christopher Edge grew up in Manchester, England, where he spent most of his childhood in the local library, dreaming up stories. He now lives in Gloucestershire, where he spends most of his time in the local library, dreaming up stories. His novel The Many Worlds of Albie Bright was named a New York Public Library Best Books for Kids selection and was nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal in the UK, as was The Jamie Drake Equation. He is also the author of The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day. Visit Christopher online at christopheredge.co.uk and on Facebook and follow him on Twitter.
"With solid science and believable family conflicts, this will be
very satisfying to readers whose wishful thinking can suspend
disbelief."—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED
"For beginner sci-fi readers or any child interested in aliens and
space flight." —
School Library Journal
"Nimbly intertwines science, math, and fiction. Fiction
entertainingly edges out science . . . in a fantastical
finale. —Publishers Weekly
"Jamie's first-person narrative will draw readers into the story
and surprise them with twists along the way as its space-age
realism bends toward science fiction." —Booklist
"Edge balances the eerie and the emotional to offer accessible
science fiction even when the science itself is inexplicable."
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Packed with astrophysics, emotion and invention on a galactic
scale, this is science fiction at its most moving and exciting."
—The Guardian (UK)
"Edge has found the equation that solves the problem of how to
write a fun, intellectually challenging novel with an emotional
center." —The Times (UK)
"With family drama and alien intrigue, this captures both the
wonder of space and the complexity of growing up." —The Bookseller
(UK)
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