Books by Jack Cheng and Complete Book Reviews
Jack Cheng. Dial, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-399-18637-0
Alex Petroski, the idiosyncratic 11-year-old narrator of Cheng’s poignant and funny first novel, dutifully records his thoughts and adventures into an iPod, “so when intelligent beings millions of light-years away find it one day they’ll know what...
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Jack Cheng. Dial, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-525-55382-3
In Detroit, an artistic sixth grader facing changes at home and school seeks his identity in this contemplative novel from Cheng (See You in the Cosmos). Chinese American Andy Zhou prepares for his grandparents’ arrival from Shanghai, working to...
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Jack Cheng, read by Kivlighan de Montebello and a full cast. Listening Library, unabridged, 5 CDs, 6 hrs., $35 ISBN 978-1-5247-5000-8
Alex, an 11 year-old boy who loves astronomy, makes a series of recordings to send into outer space in an effort to communicate with aliens. He plans to launch them using a rocket at the Southwest High-Altitude Rocket Festival in New Mexico. Leaving
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