Learning to Swear in America
1st Edition
Published on 5. July 2016
304 pages
978-1-61963-910-2 (ISBN)
Description
Brimming with humor and one-of-a-kind characters, this end-of-the-world debut novel will grab hold of Andrew Smith and Rainbow Rowell fans.
An asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. A big, bad one. Maybe not kill-all-the-dinosaurs bad, but at least kill-everyone-in-California-and-wipe-out-Japan-with-a-tsunami bad. Yuri, a physicist prodigy from Russia, has been recruited to aid NASA as they calculate a plan to avoid disaster.
The good news is Yuri knows how to stop the asteroid--his research in antimatter will probably win him a Nobel prize if there's ever another Nobel prize awarded. But the trouble is, even though NASA asked for his help, no one there will listen to him. He's seventeen, and they've been studying physics longer than he's been alive.
Then he meets (pretty, wild, unpredictable) Dovie, who lives like a normal teenager, oblivious to the impending doom. Being with her, on the adventures she plans when he's not at NASA, Yuri catches a glimpse of what it means to save the world and live a life worth saving.
Also by Katie Kennedy:
What Goes Up
An asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. A big, bad one. Maybe not kill-all-the-dinosaurs bad, but at least kill-everyone-in-California-and-wipe-out-Japan-with-a-tsunami bad. Yuri, a physicist prodigy from Russia, has been recruited to aid NASA as they calculate a plan to avoid disaster.
The good news is Yuri knows how to stop the asteroid--his research in antimatter will probably win him a Nobel prize if there's ever another Nobel prize awarded. But the trouble is, even though NASA asked for his help, no one there will listen to him. He's seventeen, and they've been studying physics longer than he's been alive.
Then he meets (pretty, wild, unpredictable) Dovie, who lives like a normal teenager, oblivious to the impending doom. Being with her, on the adventures she plans when he's not at NASA, Yuri catches a glimpse of what it means to save the world and live a life worth saving.
Also by Katie Kennedy:
What Goes Up
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Ninth Grade and over, Reading Age: From 13 years
ISBN-13
978-1-61963-910-2 (9781619639102)
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Katie Kennedy
Learning to Swear in America
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07/2017
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Katie Kennedy is the author of Learning to Swear in America and What Goes Up and is a college history instructor. She has a son in high school, and a daughter in college. She lives in Iowa.
www.katiekennedybooks.com
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Content
- Intro
- Praise for Learning to Swear in America
- Books by Katie Kennedy
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- Chapter 1: No Need to Panic
- Chapter 2: One Piece of Tape On
- Chapter 3: One Piece of Tape Off
- Chapter 4: It wasn't Ego
- Chapter 5: Things don't Squeak at NASA
- Chapter 6: Spaghettification
- Chapter 7: Seats
- Chapter 8: Solving for the Unknown X
- Chapter 9: Not a Humanist
- Chapter 10: No Helmet
- Chapter 11: Happy Hippie Holiday
- Chapter 12: Hamster Savior
- Chapter 13: The Jerk Zoo
- Chapter 14: Snakes of all Sorts
- Chapter 15: Wings
- Chapter 16: Problems with Rocks
- Chapter 17: Catch a Falling Star
- Chapter 18: Hoping it was Murder
- Chapter 19: The Mother of all Nightmares
- Chapter 20: Antacid
- Chapter 21: Rainbows
- Chapter 22: Bet Your Life?
- Chapter 23: Sukin Syn
- Chapter 24: I Am a Gnome-Kisser
- Chapter 25: I Am the Asteroid
- Chapter 26: Showtime
- Chapter 27: An Equation of Loneliness
- Chapter 28: Callimachus and Mint Chip Ice Cream
- Chapter 29: I Am Not a Gnome-Kisser
- Chapter 30: Impact
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgments
- What Goes Up teaser
- About The Author
- Copyright
