Blast off with New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor-winning Jennifer L. Holm's
out-of-this-world new novel about a kid raised on Mars who learns that he can't be held back by
the fears of the grown-ups around him. 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 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 kid in a very different world - to uncover the truth and save his family ...
and possibly unite an entire planet. Mars may be a world far far away but in the hands of
Jennifer L. Holm beloved and bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish it can't help but
feel like home.
