A teenage boy born in space makes his first trip to Earth in this
engrossing sci-fi adventure for fans of The Martian from award-winning
author Nick Lake.
He's going to a place he's never been before: home.
Moon 2 is a space station that orbits approximately 250 miles above
Earth. It travels 17,500 miles an hour, making one full orbit every
ninety minutes. It's also the only home that fifteen-year-old Leo and
two other teens have ever known.
Born and raised on Moon 2, Leo and the twins, Orion and Libra, are
finally old enough and strong enough to endure the dangerous trip to
Earth. They've been "parented" by teams of astronauts since birth and
have run countless drills to ready themselves for every conceivable
difficulty they might face on the flight.
But has anything really prepared them for life on terra firma? Because
while the planet may be home to billions of people, living there is more
treacherous than Leo and his friends could ever have imagined, and their
very survival will mean defying impossible odds.
