Six days after landing on Mars a freak dust storm nearly kills astronaut Mark Watney. His crew thinks he died in the storm, and things get so bad that they have to evacuate, leaving Mark to use what equipment and supplies he has left to try to survive on his own--the only living being on Mars.
Have you ever wished you could work for NASA? When Diana Trujillo was little, working for NASA was her greatest dream. Trujillo decided to be a NASA engineer. Although she didn't speak English, she was determined to live her dream.
The Apollo 11 astronaut invites young people to evaluate Mars as a potential planet for human colonization, and describes what Mars residents might experience while traveling to and living on the Red Planet.
"While waiting to leave Mars before it burns up just like the Earth before it, Liam and his friend Phoebe discover some facts about time and space and realize that the human race is just one of the races trying to survive in space."--Provided by publisher.
Darrow, a Red, which is the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future, joins a revolutionary cell and attempts to infiltrate an elite military academy after witnessing the execution of his wife.
