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Her Dark Matter Necklace
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781087908502
Publisher: Robert Albo
Published: Sep 1 2021
Pages: 290
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.65 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
When ordinary teen Alice Blair surprisingly bags a spot at the prestigious St. Robert's high school, she believes someone made a mistake. However, on her fifteenth birthday, she receives a wonderous necklace from her headmaster, plunging Alice into an extraordinary journey.
She begins to dream of astonishing, otherworldly realms, only to realize her dreams are real-life excursions into the cosmic enigma of dark matter. This universe, home to the celestial being Thronos, offers Alice the wisdom of the cosmos, unveiling secrets about dark matter, the human soul, and so much more. He entrusts Alice with a mammoth mission: foster beauty in the world.
During her ethereal travels, Alice befriends Reina, an extraterrestrial kid from an aquatic planet who shares Alice's celestial duty. Together, they learn that beauty can be anything that kindles a spark of joy in the soul.
But Alice's quest takes a perilous turn when her links to the universe of dark matter are unveiled, drawing unwanted attention. Unbeknown to her, she is the key to a prophecy foretold at St. Robert's. Her failure could spell doom for humanity.
Infused with elements of contemporary teenage life, ethereal fantasy, intriguing scientific conjecture, and the age-old ties of friendship, this narrative is for young readers who find themselves in the endless pursuit of 'why'.
An interstellar odyssey awaits those who dare to delve into the mysteries of the cosmos.
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