Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

Written By: Erin Entrada Kelly

*First Edition*

Genre: YA, Middle Grade

Synopsis: 

Winner of the 2018 Newbery Medal.
Told from four intertwining points of view—two boys and two girls—the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani (hero).

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his loud and boisterous family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister Gen is always following her around. And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just act normal so that he can concentrate on basketball.

They aren’t friends -- at least not until Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well. This disaster leads Kaori, Gen, and Valencia on an epic quest to find the missing Virgil. Through luck, smarts, bravery, and a little help from the universe, a rescue is performed, a bully is put in his place, and friendship blooms.

Format: Hardcover, 320 Pages

Awards: Newbery Medal (2018), Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee (2019), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2020), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch (2019)

Goodreads Rating: 3.93

*Please note, all books are pre-loved, but have been carefully looked through to ensure they are not missing any pages and are in good condition. If there are any visible flaws, these will have been noted in the product photo.