A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults): My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars

by Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz

Book Overview

A NASA astrophysicist narrates his improbable journey from an impoverished childhood and an adolescence mired in drugs and crime to the nation's top physics PhD program at Stanford in this inspiring coming-of-age memoir.

Born into extreme poverty and emotional deprivation, James Edward Plummer was blessed with a genius I.Q. and a love of science. But in his community, a young bookworm quickly becomes a target for violence and abuse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1984849662
• ISBN13: 9781984849663
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher