Una poderosa novela debut en verso sobre un estudiante neurodivergente de s ptimo grado que sue a con viajar a las estrellas alg n d a. «Esta historia trata sobre un chico que est seguro de su propia magia en medio de los adultos llenos de dudas que lo rodean. Un ni o que sabe que el l mite no es ni siquiera el cielo, sino las estrellas. Eso es lo que hace que el debut de Paulino sea... extraordinario . --Jason Reynolds, autor de Look Both Ways, finalista del National Book Award, y de Long Way Down, libro ganador del Newbery Honor Las cosas favoritas de Alex, un estudiante de s ptimo grado, son ver videos de lanzamientos de cohetes en YouTube con su papi y pasar horas en el sitio web de la NASA leyendo sobre astronautas y planetas. Incluso sue a con ir al espacio alg n d a, y sabe que tendr que estudiar mucho para lograrlo. Pero Alex est en el aula de educaci n especializada de su grado, lo que significa hacer las mismas hojas de trabajo aburridas todos los d as y leer libros que su hermana ya le a en tercer grado. Lo peor de todo es que estar en esta clase significa que nadie cree que est listo para unirse a la clase regular de ciencias de la se orita Rosef, la clase que Alex sabe que ser el primer paso en su camino hacia la NASA. Cuando su maestra le dice "todav a no" por en sima vez, Alex decide que es hora de hacer un cambio. Ahora est listo para intentar todo lo que est a su alcance para lograr que las personas en su vida --sus maestros, sus padres y los ni os de la escuela-- entiendan que l, Alex Ram rez, es capaz de hacer cosas extraordinarias.ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A powerful debut novel in verse about a neurodivergent seventh grader who dreams of traveling to the stars one day.
"This story is about a boy who is certain of his own magic in the midst of the doubtful adults around him. A kid who knows not even the sky, but the stars are the limit. Which makes Paulino's debut...extraordinary." --Jason Reynolds, author of National Book Award finalist Look Both Ways and Newbery Honor Book Long Way Down
Seventh grader Alex's favorite things to do are watching YouTube videos of rocket launches with his Papi and spending hours on the NASA website reading about astronauts and planets. He even dreams of going to space one day himself, and knows he'll have to study hard in order to get there. But Alex is in his grade's SC (self-contained) classroom, which means doing the same dull worksheets every day and reading books his sister read back in the third grade. Worst of all, being in SC means nobody thinks he's ready to join Ms. Rosef's mainstream science class--the class Alex knows will be the first step on his path to NASA. When his teacher says "not yet" for the millionth time, Alex decides it's time to make a change. Now he's ready to try everything he can to get the people in his life--his teachers, his parents, and the kids at school--to understand that he, Alex Ramirez, is capable of the extraordinary.
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