Life on Mars
Author(s): Jennifer Brown
Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers comes from a family of stargazers and his quest to find life on other planets is unstoppable. But when Arty's family announces they're moving to Las Vegas, the City of Lights threatens to put an end to his stargazing dreams forever-especially when he has to stay with his scary next door neighbor while his parents look for a house. As it turns out, "Mr. Death" isn't terrifying at all-he's actually Cash Maddox, a bonafide astronaut! But when Cash falls ill, will Arty find the courage to complete his mission by himself? And might he actually prove, once and for all, that there is life on Mars? For fans of Frank Cottrell Boyce's Cosmic and Jack Gantos's Dead End in Norvelt comes a heartwarming story of true friendship-earthly or otherwise.
General Information
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- : Allen & Unwin(Australia) Pty Ltd
- : Allen & Unwin(Australia) Pty Ltd
- : 0.244
- : 16 July 2015
- : United States
- : 23 September 2015
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Jennifer Brown
- : Paperback
- : 1015
- : 256
More About The Product
Acclaimed author Jennifer Brown's debut middle-grade novel is equal parts humor and heart and entirely out of this world.
[A] cheerful story about family and growing up. Brown conveys Arty's observations and growth with wit, insight, and emotional honesty, and the numerous factoids about the cosmos should entice budding astronomers and neophytes alike. Publishers Weekly Will please middle graders seeking a funny story about a kid who loves outer space. School Library Journal The friendship between Arty and Cash is both preposterous and completely believable. Ultimately Life on Mars isn't about making connections to other planets so much as making them across the street. -- Kurtis Scaletta, author of Mudville and Jinxed! Praise for HATE LIST: Publishers Weekly starred review, SLJ starred review and 2009 Best Books List, VOYA perfect 10 review, selected as one of three picks for ALA 2009 Great Stories Book Club, 2010 Capitol Choices List, ALA/YALSA 2010 Teens' Top Ten List, YALSA's 2012 Popular Paperbacks List, NYPL "Books for the Teen Age" List . Praise for BITTER END: ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults, BFYA List .
Jennifer Brown is the author of Life on Mars, the highly-acclaimed YA novel Hate List, as well as Bitter End, Perfect Escape, and Thousand Words. She lives with her family in Kansas City, Missouri. www.jenniferbrownauthor.com @JenBrownBooks
