The Universe Versus Alex Woods
By: Gavin Extence
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Redhook
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780316246576
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Veterans; Friendship; Teenagers; Epileptics; Fiction
Description: The universe works in mysterious ways .

Alex Woods was struck by a meteorite when he was ten years old. leaving scars that marked him for an extraordinary life. The son of a fortune teller. bookish, and an easy target for bullies, he hasn't had the most conventional childhood.

When he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr. Peterson, he finds an unlikely friend. Someone who tells him that you only get one shot at life. That you have to make it count.

So when, aged seventeen, Alex is stopped at Dover customs with 1 13 grams of marijuana. an urn full of ashes on the passenger seat, and an entire nation in uproar, he's fairly sure he's done the right thing ..

Heart-breaking and hilarious, The Universe Versus Alex Woods is destined to be one of the most celebrated debuts of the year.
--front flap
Notes: US/CAN