Tommy and the Order of Cosmic Champio..., Anthony J. Rapino
Tommy and the Order of Cosmic Champio..., Anthony J. Rapino
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Tommy and the Order of Cosmic Champions

Author: Anthony J. Rapino, Anthony D. Grate

Narrator: Jon Vertullo

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lantern Audio

Published: 10/03/2022


Synopsis

When life supplies eleven-year-old Tommy Grant with some unfavorable circumstances intruding on his otherwise tranquil life in 1980's Ohio, he retreats into the spell-binding Order of Cosmic Champions. When he discovers that the largely successful animated program and toy line is holding a nationwide "Create-A-Character" contest where applicants submit their action figure designs, Tommy knows he has to enter as surely as he knows his own name.

But when Tommy's character design fails to win the contest, he finds his world crumbling from all sides. And there is only one way he knows to fix it.

What follows is a whirlwind coming-of-age adventure of righting wrongs, overcoming perilous obstacles, confronting our inner demons, and challenging the limits of reality. In this waxing nostalgic and imaginative fantasy, readers will discover what excitement lies waiting when you take risks and conquer your fears. Only one question remains: In the final hour when you heed the call, the courage to give your all, will you stand or fall?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on September 18, 2022

This is a wonderful and touching coming of age story about growing up and finding yourself. Tommy is very relatable and his journey made for some very emotional moments (I teared up multiple times!) Rapino’s writing is full of effective and evocative detail and the 80’s nostalgia was excellently don......more

Goodreads review by Rachael on May 24, 2022

CW: parent with drinking problem, separation/divorce, bullying/fighting, runaway I would like to thank the authors and BookFunnel for providing me a free e-ARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. When I first got onto GoodReads, this book was one of the first ARC opportunities I ha......more

Goodreads review by Justin on May 28, 2022

Tommy and The Order of Cosmic Champions really hit home in a few areas for me. I absolutely loved this novel. 11 year old Tommy Grant has to deal with the adversity of losing his best friend, the constant fighting between his parents, being bullied extensively in school, and having only one escape fr......more

Goodreads review by Brennan on July 30, 2022

Rapino and Grate take the readers back to the 1980s where Saturday Morning Cartoons were king and anywhere you needed to go was just a bike ride away. Tommy Grate leaps off the page, a relatable protagonist that readers will swear they either knew or were. Dealing with his parents' impending separati......more

Goodreads review by Erin on February 07, 2024

Some of the fantasy elements were a little disruptive to the narrative flow, but I understood why they existed. This was a really beautiful, and sad, coming of age story. Tommy was a well written character.......more