Mars Girl Earth Boy - Softcover

Hunt, Marion; Ciment, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0986374156 ISBN 13: 9780986374159

Publisher: Story Arts Media, 2015

Mars Girl Earth Boy is a celestial coming-of-age adventure story about Marietta, the first human born on Mars. She is an active member of Mars Base I, whose 20-year mission is to settle the planet. One of the challenges is to alter the atmosphere of the Red Planet, making it more conducive to human life. But large-scale success has evaded them due to their inability to find enough water. It’s now the year 2045 and Commander Ernesto Cardenas of the United Nations Aerospace Administration has just arrived with his wife and young son Ernie to audit the Base’s efforts and decide its fate. In a surprising twist, their survival and that of the Mars Base eventually comes down to the success of Marietta and Ernie as they take off on a wild, unauthorized exploration of a mysterious “pyramid” thought to hold the secret to life on Mars.

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About the Author:

Descendant of Pittsburgh industrialists, Marion Hunt spent a decade in film and television in Los Angeles where she co-produced The Mighty Quinn for MGM. Themes from Mars Girl, Earth Boy derive from two of her favorite projects, Voice of the Planet and The Greening of Mars. For 30 years she has worked with non-profits and foundations focusing on environmental issues. A Zen Buddhist practitioner, Marion has one daughter, India, and lives in NYC with her significant other, Bobby. Born in Montreal, Canada, James Ciment is a widely published historian and writer who currently teaches at Cal Poly Pomona. He is the author and editor of several books for children and teenagers, including The Young People’s History of the United States. His latest book is Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It, published in 2013. Mars Girl, Earth Boy is his first work of children’s fiction. James lives in LA, with his wife Irene, daughter Bibi, and son Bruno.

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