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Author
Series
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Journeying to Mars with Sylvie and Elliot to search for Sylvie's missing father, dinosaur-human hybrid Sawyer discovers that Mars has been trying to bully Pluto out of the solar system, a conflict that is addressed through a planetary soccer match.
Author
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bell has spent his whole life -- all eleven years of it -- on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid-he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't they have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell -- a regular...
Author
Series
Chronicle of the dark star volume 1
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First Edition.
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A mouse stowaway on NASA's first human mission to Mars becomes a hero when one of the landing craft's engines fails. Includes facts about Mars.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Rev. ed.
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
140 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A small mouse and his best friend, a giant flying robot, attempt to save the Earth when an evil Martian monkey and his mechanical creations attack. Includes brief "Flip-o-Rama" section that simulates animation.
9) In the Red
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A harrowing, pulse-pounding race for survival that New York Times bestselling author D. J. MacHale says "will leave you breathless."
Michael Prasad knows he shouldn't go out on the Mars surface alone. It's dangerous. His parents have forbidden it. And the anxiety he feels almost every time he puts on a spacesuit makes it nearly impossible for him to leave the safety of the colony.
But when his best friend, Lilith, suggests
...Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sadie Sprocket is a girl with a big dream ... to go to Mars! No one has been to Mars (yet!), so of course that's where Sadie sets her sights. She learns everything she can about the planet and space, then assembles her crew of trusty stuffed animals. Together they build a rocket and prepare for the historic journey. And then finally ... blastoff!--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 380L
Physical Desc
221 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jide and Petra are just two normal kids until they are selected to leave Earth and join their new alien classmates on an intergalactic research mission to Mars. Too bad Jide has no idea how she ended up in the program, seeing as the closest she wants to get to space is being a sci-fi writer. Petra, on the other hand, is the brains of the mission, but his helicopter parents make it clear he hasn't left their gravitational pull behind quite yet.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (121 pages) : color illustrations, map.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Belle Song and her family moved to Mars because they were offered good jobs, only to find that the jobs have disappeared--her father, Yun, is unwilling to return to the worn-out Earth, so, to the horror of his city-raised daughter, he buys a farm in the "Wild West" area of Mars, and Belle does her best to adapt to a life which is filled with difficulties and danger.
Author
Publisher
Big Kid Science
Pub. Date
[2015].
Edition
Second edition.
Lexile measure
1050L
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Come with Max as he takes off on his next exciting science adventure, this time joining astronauts on the first human mission to Mars. Equipped with a specially designed spacesuit, Max sniffs for signs of microscopic life. Will he find any? Read the exciting story to find out, and to learn how his trip to Mars helps his young friend Tori reflect on the beauty and fragility of our own planet Earth. Max Goes to Mars is more than just a fun story. Educationally...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Starr is thrilled to be one of the first humans to visit Mars, along with the rest of her family and two children from the space tourism program--but when the planetary exploration vehicle that Starr and the other children are in malfunctions it is up to her to figure out a way to contact the adults so they can be rescued.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifth-graders Zoe, Jaden, and Caleb and the rest of the Hubble Middle School S.M.A.R.T.S. club are participating in a Mars colony simulation sponsored by a private company, but when their equipment starts malfunctioning the kids suspect sabotage--and their chief suspect is Barrett and the rival Mad Scientists from the Edison Middle School.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
132 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In her third story, Luciana and her family are headed to Chile for winter break. Luci can't wait to see her cousins--but the reunion doesn't go as planned, and Luci feels like an outsider in her own family. Just then she receives a surprise invite from Claire Jacobs, her frenemy from astronaut training camp, to join her at the Mars habitat in the desert and watch NASA scientists at work. It's an offer too good to refuse, so Luci decides to leave...
17) Life on Mars
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young astronaut is trying to find life on Mars, but he's made a very big oversight"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When he takes a ride in a UFO to meet Janet, the head alien, Rappy must decide whether to live with her on Mars or return home.
19) Mars evacuees
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
404 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Alice Dare is one of 300 seven- to sixteen-year-olds evacuated to Mars to attend school and train as soldiers, safe from the war with Earth's invading aliens, the Morrors, but when all of the adults and robots mysteriously disappear, the youths must survive on their own" --
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Six kids from around the world have been chosen for the first-ever mission to Mars and Miranda Regent is one of them. But as soon as the announcement is made, protesters worldwide claim the selection process was rigged--and that Miranda was only chosen because she's American. Soon she's getting anonymous threatening messages. When the training base is attacked, it looks like Miranda is the intended target. Now the entire mission and everyone's lives...