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George’s Secret Key to the Universe is about a boy named George, a girl named Annie, and Annie’s father, whose name is Eric. George meets Eric when George’s pet pig, Freddy, stumbles through a hole in the fence that divides their houses. Eric has a computer that is the world’s most powerful computer. His name is Cosmos. Cosmos can open doors to outer space. But when Eric receives a letter from Dr. G. Reeper who wants to make himself rich from Cosmos, Eric ends up trapped in a black hole! What happens next? Read the book to find out.

I would recommend this book to 4th graders and up because it is 297 pages long and older kids will probably like it more. In the story, every now and then it will have a bunch of facts on a specific subject which is being talked about in the book, such as Mars, exoplanets or neutron stars. It also has real pictures of outer space objects.

George’s Secret Key to the Universe is a wonderful book. I hope you enjoy it!

-Sam Nitz is a third grade student at The Pegasus School in Huntington Beach.