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Jack Cheng is a Shanghai-born, Detroit-based author of critically acclaimed fiction for young readers. His debut middle grade novel, See You in the Cosmos, won the Golden Kite and Great Lakes, Great Reads awards. Jack has visited schools across the globe speaking with students about finding their paths as writers and artists. He is a 2019 Kresge Artist Fellow.

#458: A Fistful of Firsts

#458: A Fistful of Firsts

We took Rufus to our downtown YMCA for his first toddler swim class, which was perfectly scoped to half an hour. He made a valiant effort to blow bubbles in the water (ended up licking the surface), laughed when I flipped him from chest to back to chest again, and didn’t try to run off to the adult pool. The night prior we went bowling, also a first, and it was all we could do to keep him from dan

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Average rating: 4.03 · 13,870 ratings · 2,516 reviews · 6 distinct worksSimilar authors
See You in the Cosmos

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These Days

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“knowledge is better than ignorance, and it’s better to find out and embrace the truth even if that truth might not feel good.”
Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“...if you're only brave when you're happy then it's not bravery”
Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

“Most people give up on what they want. They’ll come across the first little obstacle and they’ll give up, and then they’ll try to tear down the people they see doing what they felt like they couldn’t.”
Jack Cheng, See You in the Cosmos

Polls

Sorry, the poll is late this month.

What book should we read in May?

You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2018 Newbery contender and already published.

 
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  20 votes 16.3%

Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar (write-in)
 
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