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Well-known for her bestselling series Kitty Norville, Carrie Vaughn moves to science fiction with Martians Abroad, a novel with great crossover appeal. Polly Newton has one single-minded dream, to be a starship pilot and travel the galaxy. Her mother, the Director of the Mars Colony, derails Polly's plans when she sends Polly and her genius twin brother, Charles, to Galileo Academy on Earth.
Homesick and cut off from her plans for her future, Polly cannot seem to fit into life on Earth. Strange, unexplained, dangerous coincidences centered on their high-profile classmates begin piling up. Charles may be right―there's more going on than would appear, and the stakes are high. With the help of Charles, Polly is determined to find the truth, no matter the cost.
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CARRIE VAUGHN, the New York Times bestselling author of the Kitty Norville books, is also the author of the standalone novels After the Golden Age and Discord's Apple, and the young adult books Voice of Dragons and Steel.
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Twins Polly and Charles Newton are part of the second generation of human Martians. Polly, a natural-born risk taker, is consumed by the desire to become a first-class starship pilot and has landed an internship with the astrodome flight school, but her dream is derailed when her mother uses her position as Mars One Operations Director to enroll the twins in Earth's prestigious Galileo Academy, where all the best, brightest, and richest send their children. Polly and Charles have a steep learning curve, as they will be the first Martian children ever to attend the school. The twins must learn to adapt to Earth's stronger gravity, an Earth-based curriculum, and Earth-born students with superiority complexes. Charles unobtrusively observes the school's director, Ms. Stanton, in an attempt to discover the real purpose for their presence at the academy, while Polly slowly makes friends with outlanders and Earth-born kids as they try to find out who's behind sabotaged field trips. The world-building is completely plausible and will thrill fantasy readers. Polly is a likable character, although readers don't get to know her until the end of the book; Charles, on the other hand, is more of a peripheral character and is slightly underdeveloped. VERDICT A great option for tween fantasy readers, this novel will delight fans of Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" titles or Neil Gaiman's "InterWorld" series.—Desiree Thomas, Worthington Library, OH
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- PublisherTor Books
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 0765382202
- ISBN 13 9780765382207
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages288
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