The Jamie Drake Equation
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By Christopher Edge
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6 reviews
A cosmic adventure for anyone who’s ever looked at the stars, from the award-winning Christopher Edge.
""A writer of genuine originality"" – Guardian
""A fun, intellectually challenging novel with an emotional centre"" – The Times
How amazing would it be to have a dad who’s an astronaut?
Rocket launches, zero gravity, and flying through space like a superhero! Jamie Drake’s dad is orbiting the Earth in the International Space Station and Jamie ought to think it’s cool but he just really misses him…
Hanging out at his local observatory, Jamie picks up a strange signal on his phone. It looks like alien life is getting closer to home.
But space is a dangerous place and when his dad’s mission goes wrong, can Jamie prove that he’s a hero too?Check out these other brilliant books from Christopher Edge:
Black Hole Cinema Club
Escape Room
Twelve Minutes to Midnight
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright
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I think this book is a good throwback to people who’s parents/carers are always working. In addition I’d like to think that it’s a boy that feels lost without his famous dad in space and the only way to kind of heal this pain is for him to go up the the hill to the little hut and observe space from their
This book was good. Recommend it to 9+
it is fun
The part when the dad died was extremely unexpected and when the colours appeared on his paper was really imaginative.
It was fiction, and I really liked this book because I am a space fan. I recommend this book to absolutely anyone who has a interest in aliens of space. My favourite character is Jamie Drake the star of this story. Please read this book it is the best.
A bit strange
