Oliver’s Great Big Universe

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. What makes an average 11-year-old kid qualified to tell you anything about the universe? Am I famous scientist? No. Am I a super-genius at everything? Not really. Oliver has a lot going on starting his first year of middle school: new friends,new classesnew everything. But at least there’s one thing that still makes sense: science! Determined to be an astrophysicist one dayOliver explains everything he learns–like how the sun burpshow ghost particles fly through youthe uncanny similarities between Mercury and cafeteria meatballsand most importanthow the Big Bang is basically just like a fart in the school hallway. (Alsothere are time-bending black holesexploding supernova starsand aliens! Wellthere could be aliens.). Oliver finally feels like he’s starting to figure things out . . . but can he stay out of the principal’s officeor 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 ChamOliver’s Great Big Universe is a STEM-themeddiary-style series following an eleven-year-old who’s taking on the whole universe–if he can survive middle school first.