Hawking, Lucy.

George's cosmic treasure hunt / Lucy, Stephen Hawking ; illustrated by Garry Parsons. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009. - 299 p., [32] p. of col. plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

George is heartbroken when his neighbor Annie and her space-scientist father move to Florida, but when Annie sends him a secret message telling him she has been contacted by aliens with a terrible warning, he joins her in a galaxy-wide search for answers. Includes scientific essays on space travel.

008 & up.

ISBN: 9781416986713 1416986715

LCCN: 2009008413

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Extraterrestrial beings.
Astronauts.
Space flight.
Adventure fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Outer space--Exploration.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Science fiction.