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Gr 9 Up—Adri's, Catherine's, and Lenore's lives are intertwined but not in the way that one would think. Adri lives in 2065 Kansas, Catherine lives in 1930s Kansas, and Lenore lives in England in 1919. As Adri is preparing to go to Mars, she stays with her cousin in Kansas, where the training takes place. Upon settling in, she comes acro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Despite her prickly nature, sixteen-year-old Adri Ortiz has been chosen as one of the youngest Mars colonists. Leaving her waterlogged Miami home behind (it's the year 2065, and rising sea levels have swallowed up coastal areas), she relocates to Kansas for training, moving into an old farmhouse with 107-year-old Lily, her only living relative. Although Adri is just as slow to warm up to Lily's offer of friendship as she is to her fellow prospective colonists, she finds her focus when she discovers both a journal (from 19...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Despite her prickly nature, sixteen-year-old Adri Ortiz has been chosen as one of the youngest Mars colonists. Leaving her waterlogged Miami home behind (it's the year 2065, and rising sea levels have swallowed up coastal areas), she relocates to Kansas for training, moving into an old farmhouse with 107-year-old Lily, her only living relative. Although Adri is just as slow to warm up to Lily's offer of friendship as she is to her fellow prospective colonists, she finds her focus when she discovers both a journal (from 19...Log In or Sign Up to Read More