311 pages · Released 2017 · Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Content report card
Hello Universe parent’s guide: what’s inside
High confidence
Language
None · 0/5
Sexual content
None · 0/5
LGBTQ+ themes
None · 0/5
Substance use
None · 0/5
What it offers
A note for parents
Hello Universe is a warmhearted middle-grade novel about four diverse kids—including a deaf character and one with selective mutism—who overcome bullying and self-doubt through friendship and courage. The central crisis (a child trapped in a well) creates genuine tension but is handled age-appropriately without graphic content. The story celebrates empathy, resilience, and acceptance while delivering humor and adventure.
Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.
