Customer Reviews
They don't get any better than this - By: Jonathan, 15 Oct 2008 
With a 9 yr old son who can't even be bothered to read instructions for a computer game I was surprised that he let a book into his bedroom, let alone take it to school every day! He read it every night & chuckled away as he devoured it. 10 / 10. Buy it!
Secret Key Indeed - By: Mrs. Carole B. Miller, 05 Oct 2008 I picked this book up to read as part of a Book Chain I was doing as an illustration for pupilsin a P4-7 Class(Scotland) & enjoyed this very much. The pace of the story is fast & there are wonderful fact boxes & photographs of space phenomena like comets, planets & all sorts of spacey things! There's also a great Poster of the Solar System. What a novel way to introduce learning about Space!
At last a book my son liked! - By: R. Leach, 04 Oct 2008 My 11 year old son had never really enjoyed a book since he outgrew Horrid Henry. He kept asking for George's Secret Key to the Universe, I think mainly because it has his namein the title. We were convinced he'd never get through it but finally cavedin & bought it & he absolutely loved it. When we went to say good night to him he always had more exciting facts for us. We're now struggling to find another book he'll read as enthusiastically!
VERY good read - By: A. J. Bee, 03 Jun 2008 
George's secret key to the universe
By Alex aged 10
George's Secret Key to the Universe is a very interesting book with excellent descriptive text as it had good adjectives. The storyline was very gripping because of the trips into outer space I think that it was mostly Lucy Hawking, Stephen Hawking's daughter that wrote it. I think Stephen Hawking only wrote the educational bits that popped up inside the book, it would have been better if the educational bits had been related to the book. The bits when George travelled out into space through the computer were very exciting because travelling into space is a thing that you only dream about. The bits when he travelled into space taught you about planets, comets, stars & much more. George's Dad was a little strange thinking that having phones or computers or basically anything electrical was evil. You can tell that George is a very well planned out character because of his personality & virtues. Eric & Annie were also good characters with traits that are unseen at the beginning. Overall an extremely good read though I would say it was aimed at younger readers I would give it 7/10
Smart little boy's dream - By: G. Heimdal, 13 Apr 2008 My son is 9 & has devoted his life to crappy tv cartoons, but this book had him captured & the moment he finished it, he started reading it again. Unfortunately he will now have to wait until October 08 for the next one, I was hoping there was a busload of Hawkins' childrens book out there, but sadly not yet. I will buy them all when they are published! Splendid. 5 stars for capturing the attention of the new nano-second attention span generation.
