Turtles all the way down (summary)

Hey there, awesome BookDuck readers! Are you ready for a heart-touching young adult story?

But first, let's delve into some enthralling secrets about the author and the book itself.

John Michael Green is an American author, YouTuber, podcaster, and philanthropist. His books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 50 million copies are in print worldwide, including The Fault in Our Stars, which is one of the best-selling books of all time.

Published in 2017, Turtles All the Way Down is Green's fifth solo novel and his seventh overall. It was named the best book of the year by The New York Times, TIME, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and many more!

But it’s not about turtles at all! Have you heard about Stephen Hawking, a scientist guy? Well, in his book A Brief History of Time, he describes the origin of this phrase:

A well-known scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: ‘What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.’ The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, ‘What is the tortoise standing on?’ ‘You’re very clever, young man, very clever,’ said the old lady. ‘But it’s turtles all the way down!’

How does this relate to this book and its protagonist, Aza? Let’s find out.