A Rover's Story

Informationen zum Autor Jasmine Warga is the New York Times bestselling author of Other Words for Home , a Newbery Honor Book and a Walter Honor Book for Younger Readers; The Shape of Thunder ; and A Rover’s Story . Her teen books, Here We Are Now and My Heart and Other Black Holes , have been translated into over twenty-five languages. She lives in the Chicago area with her family. You can visit Jasmine online at jasminewarga.com. Klappentext Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet. Zusammenfassung #1 New York Times bestseller * Best Book of the Year from The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library The One and Only Ivan meets The Wild Robot in this unique and deeply moving middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover, from the Newbery Honor–winning author of Other Words for Home. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name. Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. Maybe there’s a problem with his programming…. Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant cliffs. As he navigates Mars’s difficult landscape, Res is tested in ways that go beyond space exploration. As millions of people back on Earth follow his progress, will Res have the determination, courage, and resilience to succeed…and survive?  ...

Product details

• Authors: Jasmine Warga, Warga Jasmine
• Publisher: Balzer & Bray
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2023
• EAN: 9780063113930
• ISBN: 978-0-06-311393-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 190 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Astronomy, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, JUVENILE FICTION / Technology / Astronauts & Space, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Robots, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Values & Virtues, JUVENILE FICTION: Science Fiction / Space Exploration, JUVENILE FICTION: Technology / Astronauts & Space, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories