Named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best of 2012
When the food supply of Mars’ human settlement is decimated, seventeen-year-old Jessamyn Jaarda, the best pilot Mars Colonial has ever seen, flies to Earth to raid for food. Earth-Mars relations couldn’t be worse, and her brother is captured during the raid. Breaking rules of secrecy and no contact, Jess finds an ally in Pavel, nephew to a government … government official, but their friendship only makes more agonizing the choice before her: save her brother or save her planet?
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I must admit, at 90, my old brain doesn’t grasp the intrigue of science fiction. But trying to keep up with it really grabs hold, and the book is hard to put down. So that’s what the future is going to look like? Well,, I guess I’ll not stick around long enough to find out. And tho the book was already to long, I didn’t think cutting it to a …
This was a fascinating very-sci-fi look at a young female character, Jessamyn, who grows up on Mars. I enjoyed the worldbuilding details of both the “Marsian” lifestyle as well as the futuristic Earth lifestyles with its “rebodying” solutions. The stakes are high, and the end felt wrapped up enough, even though it’s obvious there will be a sequel.
Predictable and not overly entertaining.
Good in many ways, but drug in the middle, especially with the interjection of teenage angst. Cliffhanger ending
I didn’t realize this was a children’s book. Maybe a preteen or so. Might be good for that age group.
I read the first e-book in the series, then the second, then bought 3-6. I am a sci-fi junky when it comes to books, so if the story is intriguing, I am hooked. This book and series qualifies.