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A debut novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent seventh grader who dreams of traveling to the stars one day.

Seventh-grade Alexs 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 spacecraft. He even dreams of going to space one day himself, and knows hell have to study hard in order to get there.

But Alex is in his grades self contained classroom, which means the teachers treat him differently. He has to do the same dull worksheets every day, and he gets assigned to read books other kids read back in the third grade. Worst of all, it means nobody thinks hes ready to join Ms. Rosefs mainstream science classthe class Alex knows will be the first step on his path to NASA.

When his teacher says "Not yet," for the millionth time, Alex knows its time for a different approach. Now hell need to try everything he can to get the people in his lifehis teachers, his parents, and the kids at schoolto understand that he, Alex Ramirez, is capable of the extraordinary.

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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 Paulinos debut...extraordinary. Jason Reynolds, author of National Book Award finalist Look Both Ways and Newbery Honor Book Long Way Down

Seventh-grade Alexs 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 hell have to study hard in order to get there.

But Alex is in his grades 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 hes ready to join Ms. Rosefs mainstream science classthe 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 its time to make a change. Now hes ready to try everything he can to get the people in his lifehis teachers, his parents, and the kids at schoolto understand that he, Alex Ramirez, is capable of the extraordinary.

...(*_*)9780593859322_

A powerful debut novel in verse about a neurodivergent seventh grader who dreams of traveling to the stars one day.

Seventh grader Alexs 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 hell have to study hard in order to get there.

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The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez

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