The Many Worlds of Albie Bright Hardcover – May 30, 2017

I read this book to them before bed. It was a cute story with many twists and turns. The boy is trying to find his dead mother in another universe. This book uses imagination and humor and empathy throughout the book. When I would finish for the night the kids kept wanting more of the book. That was new for us, so I would say they loved it. We even talked about the book the next day, wondering what Albie was going to do next. Really fun to have those conversations. This was different from our usual reading, good for us to expand into something new. I would recommend this book for many ages of readers. Great book!

The book, The Many Worlds of Albie Bright, by Christopher Edge is a great book. Any science fan is sure to love this book. “The Many Worlds of Albie Bright” is a science fiction book. What makes it science fiction is that the events that happen in the book have to do with science and could possibly happen in the future. The plot is very interesting and has a little comedy mixed in with it along the way. The book is about a boy named Albie. Both of his parents are scientists, his dad being famous. His mother contracts cancer and passes away when Albie is at a young age. Albie goes to his dad to talk about his mother’s death and his dad talks about parallel universes. His dad believes Albie’s mother is alive in a parallel universe, however, there is no way to travel to a parallel universe, so Albie is determined to find a way to do so. This is an incredible book; I definitely recommend reading it, especially if you like science.

The Many Worlds of Albie Bright is the story of middle schooler Stephen Albie Bright, the son of two astrophyscists who named their sone after their favorite scientists, Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.When we meet Albie, his mother has just died. After the funeral, he overhears his grandfather blaming his mother's cancer on her research. Albie hadn't spent much time alone with his father; his father was busy with his research on cold fusion, on his popular television series on science, and his bestselling books. Albie had always spent much of his day with his mother. Another chance conversation about quantum physics leads Albie to the theory that parallel universes exist -- Albie hopes that he can find the parallel universe where his mother is still alive and well.The school librarian, more a "book doctor who can prescribe the right book to anybody" steers Albie to one of his father's books. With research, his mom's laptop and research journals, Albie somehow pieces together a contraption that takes him to new worlds. Albie's adventures in these worlds hat are surprisingly similar but with small important differences helps him find a solution of sorts.The Many Worlds of Albie Bright reminded me of one of my favorite books, A Wrinkle in Time.I loved that Christopher Edge incorporated science into the meat of the story and that he gave us awkward and believable Albie. The story is told with humor, kindness and delivers a unique adventure.

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Albie, who has lost his mother to cancer, and who feels neglected by his bereaved father, decides that if the many worlds theory is correct, then he can find his mother alive in a parallel universe if he can figure out how to hop between them. To that end, he discovers the Quantum Banana theory, and begins jumping into parallel universes looking for the one person he desperately wants to be with. Along the way, he encounters other versions of his friends and family, and even of himself, he has adventures, and he learns a few things about family and love, and loss.When I was growing up, one of my favorite books was "A Wrinkle in Time." When I read the description of "The Many Worlds of Albie Bright" I couldn't help but be reminded of that old favorite. A story about a smart kid who goes searching to other worlds/universes to find a lost parent? Heck yeah. And yet in many ways the two books couldn't be more different. Albie's story is far less serious than that of the Murray children, the writing is direct and unpoetic, and there's a hella lot of sciencing going on in the narrative. The only problem that I had with this book, in fact, was wondering if a child reading at this book's level would get even the simpler scientific explanation of quantum physics. Since I'm not a nine year old, I came to no conclusions, but I can tell you that I got a kick out of it.

This is such a sweet book!!! It is both wonderfully written and a very SMART book for young children, as well as for adults. The book focuses around, and on the grief process. It is about how a young boy deals with the death of his mother, by using science and going back into time to try to find his mother. Ultimately it is about finding a place of peace for the devastating loss of someone you love.This book is meant for pre-teens who may need a book to help them understand the grief and loss process. In chapter four Albie reads an adult pamphlet about the 5 stages of grief. I like that the author doesn't step "around" the subject but rather plows into the emotions that a young boy would truly have after losing his beloved mother. There is really nothing that can create a sense of understanding for a child, but this beautiful book sure does try to bring some sense to it, and what a child can, and perhaps should do when they lose their mom. They should try to do everything to somehow make peace and somehow try to connect to the one they lost..... as well as those that are still here. Namely his busy science minded dad who has never been around. Brilliant. Loved it. If you know someone going through this process buy this book for them!!!