Cosmos meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in this new illustrated middle-grade fiction series that blends science with narrative I know what you\'re thinking. but can he stay out of the principal\'s office, or catch a break from his annoying sister? With laugh-out-loud humor and cartoon-style illustrations from bestselling writer and the creator of PHD Comics Jorge Cham, Oliver\'s Great Big Universe is a STEM-themed, diary-style series following an eleven-year-old who\'s taking on the whole universe--if he can survive middle school first.. . .
Oliver finally feels like he\'s starting to figure things out . (Also, there are time-bending black holes, exploding supernova stars, and aliens! Well, there could be aliens.).
But at least there\'s one thing that still makes sense: science! Determined to be an astrophysicist one day, Oliver explains everything he learns--like how the sun burps, how ghost particles fly through you, the uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballs, and most important, how the Big Bang is basically just like a fart in the school hallway.
Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle school: new friends, new classes, new everything.
Am I a super-genius at everything? Not really.
What makes an average 11-year-old kid qualified to tell you anything about the universe? Am I famous scientist? No.
Cosmos meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in this new illustrated middle-grade fiction series that blends science with narrative I know what you\'re thinking
