New York Times bestseller * Best Book of the Year from The
Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, Chicago
Public Library
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.
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?