If you are a computer or space geek, I have the perfect book for you. Lucy and Stephen Hawking, the world famous physicist and his daughter, have written George's Secret Key to the Universe. Together they have written a fabulous book dealing with ecology, space travel, black holes and super computers.
George lives with his ecological sensitive family and his pet pig, Freddy. One day Freddy escapes the confines of his pen, squeezes under the fence and runs into the abandoned house next door--except the house is no longer abandoned. George meets Annie and her dad, Eric. Eric is an absentminded scientist who, with the assistance of super computer Cosmos, teaches George about how planets are born, how they die and their relationship to black holes. Eric explains how pollution is ruining the earth and how finding another planet that is hospitable to humans is important. Unfortunately, the evil Dr. G. Reeper (Eric's teacher) is trying to steal Cosmos for his own devious scheme. This book is filled with facts and real photos of the universe. At the very end, George is giving a speech to his classmates and I think it is the best part of the book. Here is a snippet of that speech:
"All the people on Earth, the animals, the plants, the rocks, the air, and the oceans are made of elements forged inside stars. Whatever we might think, we are all the children of stars."
Fourth through eighth graders will love this book!
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