The universe versus Alex Woods
"Alex Woods was struck by a meteorite when he was ten years old, leaving scars that marked him for an extraordinary life. The son of a fortune teller, bookish, and an easy target for bullies, he hasn't had the most conventional childhood. When he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr. Peterson, he...
| Main Author: | Extence, Gavin, 1982- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Redhook,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: |
"Alex Woods was struck by a meteorite when he was ten years old, leaving scars that marked him for an extraordinary life. The son of a fortune teller, bookish, and an easy target for bullies, he hasn't had the most conventional childhood. When he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr. Peterson, he finds an unlikely friend. Someone who teaches him that that you only get one shot at life. That you have to make it count. So when, aged seventeen, Alex is stopped at Dover customs with 113 grams of marijuana, an urn full of ashes on the passenger seat, and an entire nation in uproar, he's fairly sure he's done the right thing ..."--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: |
407 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780316246576 (hc.) 0316246573 (hc.) |
| Author Notes: |
Gavin now lives in Sheffield with his wife, baby daughter and cat. He is currently working on his next novel. When he is not writing, he enjoys cooking, amateur astronomy and going to Alton Towers. |