Description:
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. New York Times bestseller!
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?
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
Brief description:
Jasmine Warga is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of middle grade novels A Rover's Story, The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan, Other Words For Home, The Shape of Thunder, and A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall. Her books have won numerous awards, including a Newbery Honor. Originally from Cincinnati, she now lives in the Chicago-area with her family in a house filled with books.
Review Quotes:
"Warga follows her cybernetic narrator from first awareness to final resting place--and stony indeed will be any readers who remain unmoved by the journey. The intelligences here may be (mostly) artificial, but the feelings are genuine and deep."
-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"