The Universe Versus Alex Woods
Description
Struck by a meteorite at age ten, Alex Woods has always been marked as different—a bookish, bullied teenager with an unconventional life shaped by his fortune-teller mother and an inexplicable cosmic event. When he befriends Mr. Peterson, a curmudgeonly widower with a philosophy about making life count, their unlikely friendship becomes the catalyst for an extraordinary journey. At seventeen, Alex finds himself at Dover customs with an urn of ashes, a controversial cargo, and a decision that will test everything he believes about friendship, mortality, and doing the right thing. Blending humor with profound emotional depth, this debut novel explores how the most unexpected connections can change our lives and challenge our understanding of what truly matters. A heartwarming and darkly comic coming-of-age story about seizing life's moments and the transformative power of human connection.
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hardcover
Redhook
Published Jan 1, 2013
412 pages
ISBN: 9780316246576
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Details
First Published
2013
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence.