01379cam a2200265 i 4500 241439193 TxAuBib 20150824120000.0 120917s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780316246576 hc. 0316246573 hc. TxAuBib rda Extence, Gavin. The universe versus Alex Woods / Gavin Extence. First edition. New York, NY : Redhook, 2013. 407 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Alex Woods was struck by a meteorite when he was ten years old, leaving scars that marked him for an extraordinary life. The son of a fortune teller, bookish, and an easy target for bullies, he hasn't had the most conventional childhood. When he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr. Peterson, he finds an unlikely friend. Someone who teaches him that that you only get one shot at life. That you have to make it count. So when, aged seventeen, Alex is stopped at Dover customs with 113 grams of marijuana, an urn full of ashes on the passenger seat, and an entire nation in uproar, he's fairly sure he's done the right thing ..."--From publisher description. 20150824. Friendship Fiction. Bildungsromans.