At the Edge of the Universe

At the Edge of the Universe

Shaun David Hutchinson

ISBN: 978-1-4814-4966-3

        Ozzie has been best friends with Tommy since 2nd grade and has been dating him since 8th. They have spend all of their leisure time together and practically grew up together. One day senior year Tommy goes completely missing and Ozzie freaks out, but the scarier thing is, is that absolutely no one remembers Tommy's existence at all, except for Ozzie. Ozzie can't and won't simply accept that Tommy has disappeared, his reasoning for Tommy's disappearance is that the universe is shrinking. While trying to figure out what happened to Tommy and why the universe is shrinking, Ozzie must also navigate the life of a high school senior.

       One day in Physics class Mrs. Fuentes pairs the class up to build a rollercoaster and Ozzie is paired with Calvin Frye. Calvin used to be your typical high school jock (except was a school genius), who won every wrestling match, but one day quit wrestling started wearing long black clothes, and started sleeping in class. Ozzie wants nothing to do with Calvin, but one night at a club that Ozzie goes to, to support his best friend Lua's band, he sees Calvin and starts a conversation which leads Ozzie to think Calvin may know something about Tommy's disappearance, but refuses to tell him. Later when Ozzie approaches him about it.

      Ozzie realizes Calvin didn't know anything at all, instead Ozzie realizes Calvin has issues, that now Calvin knows and must keep secret. Now these two boys can't deny the connection that has grown between them, but Ozzie must make a huge decision, "wait for Tommy or date Calvin?" also he must determine if the universe is shrinking what can he do if anything to stop it?

  My thoughts: As a 16 year old boy this book is a good attention grabber, it had me throughout the entire book. I do think the author captures the readers attention right away and holds it for most of the book. The ending was not at all what I was expecting I was shocked as to how the author closed the book. Overall the book was a good book and has a lot of promise for YA readers.

Grades 9-12

Ages: 16- 18

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