Bøger af Ralph Bourne

Wheezy Tweet is an abandoned, handicapped, teenage girl, but she has the power to see what others can't. She makes friends with several visitors from other universes. Again and again, she must overcome her handicaps and confront fearful monsters to save the world and her many friends.

Einstein's idea of a "Cosmic Constant" was scorned for many decades. But lately, scientific attitudes have changed. Physicists now universally recognize the need for black energy and black matter. Physicists realize a vast amount of invisible material and energy is necessary to keep the universe together and to explain other phenomena--such as why the edges of galaxies speed far too fast to stay attached, but do so anyway. And the current theories of elemental particles now suggest a vast range of phantom-particles-these can appear and disappear anywhere in space, possessing great amounts of energy. These phantom particles blink in and out of existence in space, from other dimensions perhaps, to facilitate the normal changes and interactions between elemental particles. Finally, a Higgs boson has been validated, a semi-phantom particle available to allow other atomic particles to possess something important, mass. Wow! If classic science can accept such impossibly strange additions to its already complex quantum universe, Einstein's "cosmic constant" seems strangely possible. In fact, let us assume it exists. What is it? And how does it shape the universe it controls?

Wheezy Tweet is handicapped girl who lives in a care home. Part of her handicap is that she sees things others don't, like space invasions and misplaced alien monsters. She must find a way to save herself, her world, and her friends. In the Land of La, she must travel to a bizarre and scary dimension to save her autistic housemate and the world.

Wheezy Tweet doesn't have an easy life. She lives in a foster home run by the tyrannical Mrs. Bodely; she suffers from multiple disabilities; and despite her many medications, she still sees monsters everywhere. To make matters worse, Wheezy's new boyfriend is turning into a dangerous were-crab, and her grandfather has been stolen and replaced with an endless nothing-along with much of the United States.Now it's up to Wheezy to stop them from taking the entire earth. Small and powerless she might be, but she has a cockroach named Forn Hall to mentor her, a few alien friends at the Stardust Hotel to assist her, and a boundless sense of optimism to keep her going when everything seems hopeless.Can Wheezy Tweet save the universe ... again?Author BioRalph Bourne taught special education for twenty-seven years. He has written several musical plays, including Calliope and Moses Leads the Children. He is also the author of Don't Believe It, Martha and The Unfortunate Crack in the Universe, another Wheezy Tweet adventure.