The Jamie Drake Equation

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We learn about the Jamie Drake Equation, we learn about the fibonacci sequence and more space science. Jamie's Dad is going to miss his birthday, but it isn't really his fault as he's an astronaut on the International Space Station! This book would be perfect for children who are in KS2, and would work well alongside a topic on space or in relation to PSHE work. We don't get to know him beyond some basic stuff, such as his relationship with his dad and the fact that he's bad at math.

They're currently locked in a battle for who will borrow the book first to reread, and when voting for our next class book, the only option they were interested in was something by Christopher Edge. A cosmic adventure for anyone who’s ever looked at the stars, from the author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright. Because of this, he is easy to project yourself onto, which I suppose is useful for younger readers trying to see themselves in Jamie's story, but it also made it seem like Jamie could have been replaced by really any other sixth-grade boy.

The narrative voice is a particular merit within Edge's writing- as a reader you can truly feel Jamie's inner turmoil at being pulled in so many different directions, and I found that I really shared his highs and lows. It was such a pleasure to meet you both, and I really appreciated how smoothly and professionally you ran everything. but as an adult who was just reading for pleasure, I thoroughly enjoyed it too, so really there are no age limits, or topic limits to it!

Edge creates a number of well-drawn primary and secondary characters, including Buzz, a complex collective being… Jamie’s first-person narrative will draw readers into the story and surprise them with twists along the way as its space-age realism bends toward science fiction. While visiting a nearby observatory and meeting Professor Forster, Jamie accidentally downloads data streaming into the Hubble Space Telescope, and his life changes quickly. The author also drops hints about his mother's sacrifices on behalf of his father's career, something that many readers may not have considered before. A cosmic adventure for anyone who's ever looked at the stars, from the author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright .

Things take a strange turn as he visits an old observatory and accidentally picks up a strange signal on his phone. Nominated for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award, the Haringey Children’s Book Award and the Bolton Children’s Fiction Award. What’s more, I’m a bit of a science and maths geek, so when I saw this book at the local library I couldn’t resist picking it up.

He now lives in Gloucestershire, where he spends most of his time in the local library dreaming up stories. stars for being a quick and enjoyable read, for having legit tension with the space walk, and for the doctor who references 😂 my ratings are ridiculous, but I think this is an exceptional middle grade scifi book with a lot of roots in reality but with tons of imaginative bits, kind of like the scifi version of magical realism? The hope is that these will be found by any intelligent life out there and a response will be sent back to Earth. As someone who has never been particularly interested in science fiction, this book may have pulled me over to the other side. Shortlisted for the North Somerset Teachers’ Book Award, the Haringey Children’s Book Award and the Bolton Children’s Fiction Award.I probably learned more from this 170-ish-page kids' book than I did in four years of high school science. This book follows the story of Jamie Drake, whose father is an astronaut on a mission on the International Space Station, and while all the kids at school think this is amazing and really cool, all Jamie wants is for his Dad to be a normal dad. There's a bit of cheesiness at the end which 🙄🙄 I mean, I guess lots of books for younger readers have that stuff but still. Nosy Crow) The Jamie Drake Equation hits all the spots from science to real life, to affirmation, to possibilities. Though the text does sometimes get a bit weighty with the scientific language, I think most science-minded kids are going to really geek out for this cool story.

This book introduces physics and maths to a child audience through a really exciting and moving story.An adorable middle-grade story about Jamie Drake, whose Dad is a famous astronaut on a space mission, which would be great if he didn’t miss him so much. I'm not used to my son demanding "just one more chapter" and, as we got to the last five, there was no way we were going to wait any more nights to find out how it ended. Also the author depicts the destruction of the International Space Station, which gets hit by an immense solar storm and plummets to the earth. The Jamie Drake equation is a really exciting and moving account of a boy who has a father as an astronaut. He plugs his phone into her laptop and downloads a mysterious app that may or may not be of alien origin.