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Bright Sparks #1
Moon Beam
STAY ALIVE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON
What happens when you get the one thing you wanted most in life? Lonely 16-year-old farm girl Barbara Winton has been following one reality show for years. Then in an instant she goes from fangirl to participant when the call comes from Dr. Keegan She’s been selected out of a horde of applicants to join him on the Moon.
She’ll be one of his Bright Sparks, six students with expertise in STEM and plenty of their own ingenuity chosen to work with Dr. Bright and given big responsibilities to undertake new projects important to the growth of the colony. Her first task? Build a radar telescope using an entire crater on the far side of the Moon.
But Barbara soon learns that life on a burgeoning frontier outpost like the Moon is a far cry from safe, civilized Earth. The loner from farm country must find a way to weld a functional team out of fiercely independent thinkers. Not only are they a bit trickier to work with than farm robots, not only is the working environment incredibly dangerous—she also has to perform this miracle in front of millions of fans. . . .
Lexile 770
At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Praise for the work of Jody Lynn
"Infused with humor to keep you entertained and action to make you turn the pages."—Kirkus on Jody Lynn Nye’s Rhythm of the Imperium
“I thoroughly enjoyed it, the plot, the settlement, the whole nine yards, and especially the twitch of humor at odd moments...a book I can thoroughly recommend.” —Anne McCaffrey
“An unusual story well‑told, with characters it's a real pleasure to spend time with.” —David Drake
"[An] innovative take on the well‑loved theme of fairies and dangerous wishes." —Publishers Weekly on Wishing on a Star by Jody Lynn Nye and Angelina Adams
About Travis S.
“[E]xplodes with inventive action.—Publishers Weekly on Travis S. Taylor’s The Quantum Connection.
“[Warp Speed] reads like Doc Smith writing Robert Ludlum. . .You won’t want to put it down”—John Ringo
Dr. Travis S. Taylor is the co‑creator and star of the National Geographic Channel’s hit series, Rocket City Rednecks. Taylor is a physicist who has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past twenty years. His expertise includes advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space based beamed energy systems, future combat technologies, and next generation space launch concepts. Taylor is also the author of pulse‑pounding, cutting edge science fiction with the Tau Ceti Agenda series including One Good Soldier, The Tau Ceti Agenda, One Day on Mars and his ground‑breaking Warp Speed series, with entries Warp Speed and The Quantum Connection.
Jody Lynn Nye is known for her numerous works of science fiction and fantasy including An Unexpected Apprentice and its sequel, A Forthcoming Wizard, Applied Mythology, Advanced Mythology, and others. She has collaborated with New York Times best‑selling author Anne McCaffrey on The Death of Sleep, The Ship Who Won, Doona and other novels, and with another New York Times best‑selling author, Robert Asprin, in his “Myth” series. She lives in Illinois with her husband and two cats of superior bearing.
What happens when you get the one thing you wanted most in life? Lonely 16-year-old farm girl Barbara Winton has been following one reality show for years. Then in an instant she goes from fangirl to participant when the call comes from Dr. Keegan She’s been selected out of a horde of applicants to join him on the Moon.
She’ll be one of his Bright Sparks, six students with expertise in STEM and plenty of their own ingenuity chosen to work with Dr. Bright and given big responsibilities to undertake new projects important to the growth of the colony. Her first task? Build a radar telescope using an entire crater on the far side of the Moon.
But Barbara soon learns that life on a burgeoning frontier outpost like the Moon is a far cry from safe, civilized Earth. The loner from farm country must find a way to weld a functional team out of fiercely independent thinkers. Not only are they a bit trickier to work with than farm robots, not only is the working environment incredibly dangerous—she also has to perform this miracle in front of millions of fans. . . .
Lexile 770
At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Praise for the work of Jody Lynn
"Infused with humor to keep you entertained and action to make you turn the pages."—Kirkus on Jody Lynn Nye’s Rhythm of the Imperium
“I thoroughly enjoyed it, the plot, the settlement, the whole nine yards, and especially the twitch of humor at odd moments...a book I can thoroughly recommend.” —Anne McCaffrey
“An unusual story well‑told, with characters it's a real pleasure to spend time with.” —David Drake
"[An] innovative take on the well‑loved theme of fairies and dangerous wishes." —Publishers Weekly on Wishing on a Star by Jody Lynn Nye and Angelina Adams
About Travis S.
“[E]xplodes with inventive action.—Publishers Weekly on Travis S. Taylor’s The Quantum Connection.
“[Warp Speed] reads like Doc Smith writing Robert Ludlum. . .You won’t want to put it down”—John Ringo
Dr. Travis S. Taylor is the co‑creator and star of the National Geographic Channel’s hit series, Rocket City Rednecks. Taylor is a physicist who has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past twenty years. His expertise includes advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space based beamed energy systems, future combat technologies, and next generation space launch concepts. Taylor is also the author of pulse‑pounding, cutting edge science fiction with the Tau Ceti Agenda series including One Good Soldier, The Tau Ceti Agenda, One Day on Mars and his ground‑breaking Warp Speed series, with entries Warp Speed and The Quantum Connection.
Jody Lynn Nye is known for her numerous works of science fiction and fantasy including An Unexpected Apprentice and its sequel, A Forthcoming Wizard, Applied Mythology, Advanced Mythology, and others. She has collaborated with New York Times best‑selling author Anne McCaffrey on The Death of Sleep, The Ship Who Won, Doona and other novels, and with another New York Times best‑selling author, Robert Asprin, in his “Myth” series. She lives in Illinois with her husband and two cats of superior bearing.
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First published July 4, 2017
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About the author
Travis S. Taylor
54 books224 followersTravis Shane Taylor is a born and bred southerner and resides just outside Huntsville, Alabama. He has a Doctorate in Optical Science and Engineering, a Master’s degree in Physics, a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, all from the University of Alabama in Huntsville; a Master’s degree in Astronomy from the Univ. of Western Sydney, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Alabama.
Dr. Taylor has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past sixteen years. He is currently working on several advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space based beamed energy systems, future combat technologies and systems, and next generation space launch concepts. He is also involved with multiple MASINT, SIGINT, IMINT, and HUMINT concept studies.
He has published over 25 papers and the appendix on solar sailing in the 2nd edition of Deep Space Probes by Greg Matloff.
His first science fiction novel is, Warp Speed, and his second is The Quantum Connection published by Baen Publishing. He is also working on two different series with best-selling author John Ringo also by Baen Publishing. He has several other works of both fiction and nonfiction ongoing.
Travis is also a Black Belt martial artist, a private pilot, a SCUBA diver, races mountain and road bikes, competed in triathlons, and has been the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of several hard rock bands. He currently lives with his wife Karen, his daughter Kalista Jade, two dogs Stevie and Wesker, and his cat Kuro.
Dr. Taylor has worked on various programs for the Department of Defense and NASA for the past sixteen years. He is currently working on several advanced propulsion concepts, very large space telescopes, space based beamed energy systems, future combat technologies and systems, and next generation space launch concepts. He is also involved with multiple MASINT, SIGINT, IMINT, and HUMINT concept studies.
He has published over 25 papers and the appendix on solar sailing in the 2nd edition of Deep Space Probes by Greg Matloff.
His first science fiction novel is, Warp Speed, and his second is The Quantum Connection published by Baen Publishing. He is also working on two different series with best-selling author John Ringo also by Baen Publishing. He has several other works of both fiction and nonfiction ongoing.
Travis is also a Black Belt martial artist, a private pilot, a SCUBA diver, races mountain and road bikes, competed in triathlons, and has been the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of several hard rock bands. He currently lives with his wife Karen, his daughter Kalista Jade, two dogs Stevie and Wesker, and his cat Kuro.
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July 16, 2017
I fell like this novelization for some '70's or '80's sci-fi disaster movie. Only done right with smarter more interesting characters. The younger characters feel like real people. While I never doubted at the very least the main character would survive I did at least feel that the rest of the team was in jeopardy. The narrative itself was very smooth and I got to the end of the book before I realized it. I have only one small niggling little nit to pick. Our main character is introduced as replacement for a never seen but occasionally mention person. They way that person's departure is mentioned/referenced often came out feeling slightly sinister but nothing ever happens regarding it. The book ends and you still don't know what happened to the previous red shirt. Overall still a good read.
October 6, 2017
Six young people, the protégées of scientist turned reality broadcast star Dr. Keegan Bright, are the Bright Sparks. Can they set up a massive crater-built radio telescope on the far side of the moon? Will they survive a massive, deadly solar flare? What can the younger kids in the group do when a shuttle crash endangers the main moon base.
I loved this this book. While I’m fully aware that it represents many of the stereotypical flaws of traditional science fiction — chiefly a notable weakness in character development — it’s nevertheless science fiction the way it used to be: a hopeful rather than dystopian future in which science is a tool which allows humans, and young people especially, to explore strange new worlds and use their brains to triumph in nearly impossibly challenging surroundings.
I loved this this book. While I’m fully aware that it represents many of the stereotypical flaws of traditional science fiction — chiefly a notable weakness in character development — it’s nevertheless science fiction the way it used to be: a hopeful rather than dystopian future in which science is a tool which allows humans, and young people especially, to explore strange new worlds and use their brains to triumph in nearly impossibly challenging surroundings.
May 31, 2024
Suitable for even younger teens. The teens are the heroes in this book. They are smart enough and have enough control over their emotions to save the day and their own lives.
July 20, 2020
This was exciting and pretty fun...but, I guess for the sake of making it more exciting, the author made the Sparks team ("team" including Dr. Bright) too self-sufficient and cut off from other resources.
Vague spoilers ahead...It doesn't matter how busy the rest of the station is with their own emergency, it is unbelievable that if 4 teenagers (especially of worldwide celebrity status) were stranded on the far side of the moon in a life-or-death situation, there wouldn't be space agencies (and laypeople) all over the world offering their assistance, expertise, resources, and ideas.
Slightly more detailed spoilers ahead...Also, unless I am misremembering, the night side was slowly creeping towards where the team was stranded and, even when the team first went out, about half of their trip was made in the dark side of the moon and half in the day side. I know all the of the spacecraft were unavailable/unable to fly but why in the world (or moon) would a brilliant doctor not request some vehicles to go stage a rescue as closely to the day-side as possible. That way when they were able to venture forth, they would be at least 6 hours closer to the team to give assistance if needed. There were a few other things/ideas missed/not thought of which I got frustrated with but I'll leave it there.
As I said, this was fun and it was interesting, I will probably even continue the series...I just think a major part of the editing/beta reader process when trying to write about genius characters should always include editors/readers who say, "Yeah, but wouldn't they think of this? Why can't they do that?"
Vague spoilers ahead...It doesn't matter how busy the rest of the station is with their own emergency, it is unbelievable that if 4 teenagers (especially of worldwide celebrity status) were stranded on the far side of the moon in a life-or-death situation, there wouldn't be space agencies (and laypeople) all over the world offering their assistance, expertise, resources, and ideas.
Slightly more detailed spoilers ahead...Also, unless I am misremembering, the night side was slowly creeping towards where the team was stranded and, even when the team first went out, about half of their trip was made in the dark side of the moon and half in the day side. I know all the of the spacecraft were unavailable/unable to fly but why in the world (or moon) would a brilliant doctor not request some vehicles to go stage a rescue as closely to the day-side as possible. That way when they were able to venture forth, they would be at least 6 hours closer to the team to give assistance if needed. There were a few other things/ideas missed/not thought of which I got frustrated with but I'll leave it there.
As I said, this was fun and it was interesting, I will probably even continue the series...I just think a major part of the editing/beta reader process when trying to write about genius characters should always include editors/readers who say, "Yeah, but wouldn't they think of this? Why can't they do that?"
July 26, 2020
I grew up on YA sf of the 1950's, full of stories of young people on the Moon and Mars: Richard Elam's Young Visitor on Mars, Robert Silverberg's Lost Race of Mars, the various Heinlein juveniles, etc. Back in the 1970's, they portrayed a future that seemed just barely within reach, because the Apollo lunar landings weren't that much earlier and the Space Shuttle program was still in preparation. Today those books have accumulated so much Zeerust that I'd hesitate to give them to a young reader -- and far too much of the near-term YA sf that is recent enough to reflect current astronomical knowledge tends to take a negative tone toward human settlement of space.
Which is why I was absolutely delighted with this book. It's a future young readers can relate to, with the ubiquitous computing that the 1950's authors never imagined (thanks to Bob Noyce and the integrated circuit), with kids who are on social media, etc. It's also a future where kids are not swaddled in bubble-wrap all the time, protected from all harm -- when we first meet our protagonist, Barbara's out in a field, troubleshooting and repairing a broken-down harvester by herself, with only Fido, her PDE (a handheld computer with the power of a present-day supercomputer) as her assistant. She even drives back to the farmstead in her own pickup truck, which she fixed up from a junker herself.
There's a package waiting for her. The delivery driver (whose uniform suggests he works for UPS rather than FedEx) has orders not to leave until she's accepted delivery. To her surprise and delight, she discovers it's from Dr. Bright, the leader of the Bright Sparks, a group of young people who are doing real science and engineering on the Moon, solving actual problems under his guidance rather than just doing set-piece experiments from a science book. And he wants her to join them, since Pam had to leave.
Now Barbara's off to the Moon for the trip of a lifetime (her three months of training at JSC being glossed over to move the story along for young readers). After a few awkward moments as she meets her idol for the first time, she's working with the team on a brand new project -- the creation of a radio telescope on Farside. And it's going to be the six team members who are legal adults who make the trip, while Dr. Bright stays back at Armstrong City with the two youngest Bright Sparks, planning a smaller radio telescope project to be done live on TV in parallel with the big one.
The team drives overland from the Sea of Tranquility to Farside -- a two day trip that stretches into three because highway hypnosis causes one of the drivers to go off the edge of the packed-regolith road and get hung up on a rock. Barbara mcguivers a solution based upon some stuff she's seen other farmers do, and they get the vehicle back on the road, but they've lost enough time that they need another sleep shift. Once they get there, they begin to set up their habitats and grade the crater into a smooth bowl for the radio telescope's dish.
And then the real trouble starts: a solar storm produces a Coronal Mass Ejection, a mass of plasma, charged particles and hard X-rays shooting right at the Earth-Moon system. All work on the radio telescope must be suspended as the team turns their habitat into a solar storm shelter and prepare to hole up until the radiation levels go back down to safe levels.
Even then, safety is a fragile thing. The CME knocks out their communications link with their mentor, and then they have a problem with their life support systems. They manage to mcguiver a solution for that -- and then the Sun hocks another hairball, an even bigger and more powerful CME. Meanwhile, there's trouble back at Armstrong City, as the inbound shuttle from Mars loses control and is on a collision course with the above-ground parts of the settlement. But this is a Baen book, so you know there'll be a happy ending, thanks to the courage, training, and can-do attitude of the protagonist and her teammates.
There were a few little bobbles here and there, details that strongly suggest to me that Travis Taylor wrote out a brief outline and Jody Lynn Nye did the bulk of the actual writing. For instance, why would a shuttle from Mars have the same form factor as a Space Shuttle orbiter, other than it's the go-to image for a non-specialist of "shuttle"? But these are quibbles, things that probably would slide right past a YA reader, in a story that is likely to really excite a tween or young teen about science and space exploration, perhaps enough that they will become one of the people who build the stuff our dreams are made of.
One thing that was really neat: the line about Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" being a century old, which places this novel sometime around the 2060's. A much more optimistic future than my own stories "Phoenix Dreams" and "Phoenix in the Machine," with a 2060's in which no one has traveled in space in over thirty years.
Which is why I was absolutely delighted with this book. It's a future young readers can relate to, with the ubiquitous computing that the 1950's authors never imagined (thanks to Bob Noyce and the integrated circuit), with kids who are on social media, etc. It's also a future where kids are not swaddled in bubble-wrap all the time, protected from all harm -- when we first meet our protagonist, Barbara's out in a field, troubleshooting and repairing a broken-down harvester by herself, with only Fido, her PDE (a handheld computer with the power of a present-day supercomputer) as her assistant. She even drives back to the farmstead in her own pickup truck, which she fixed up from a junker herself.
There's a package waiting for her. The delivery driver (whose uniform suggests he works for UPS rather than FedEx) has orders not to leave until she's accepted delivery. To her surprise and delight, she discovers it's from Dr. Bright, the leader of the Bright Sparks, a group of young people who are doing real science and engineering on the Moon, solving actual problems under his guidance rather than just doing set-piece experiments from a science book. And he wants her to join them, since Pam had to leave.
Now Barbara's off to the Moon for the trip of a lifetime (her three months of training at JSC being glossed over to move the story along for young readers). After a few awkward moments as she meets her idol for the first time, she's working with the team on a brand new project -- the creation of a radio telescope on Farside. And it's going to be the six team members who are legal adults who make the trip, while Dr. Bright stays back at Armstrong City with the two youngest Bright Sparks, planning a smaller radio telescope project to be done live on TV in parallel with the big one.
The team drives overland from the Sea of Tranquility to Farside -- a two day trip that stretches into three because highway hypnosis causes one of the drivers to go off the edge of the packed-regolith road and get hung up on a rock. Barbara mcguivers a solution based upon some stuff she's seen other farmers do, and they get the vehicle back on the road, but they've lost enough time that they need another sleep shift. Once they get there, they begin to set up their habitats and grade the crater into a smooth bowl for the radio telescope's dish.
And then the real trouble starts: a solar storm produces a Coronal Mass Ejection, a mass of plasma, charged particles and hard X-rays shooting right at the Earth-Moon system. All work on the radio telescope must be suspended as the team turns their habitat into a solar storm shelter and prepare to hole up until the radiation levels go back down to safe levels.
Even then, safety is a fragile thing. The CME knocks out their communications link with their mentor, and then they have a problem with their life support systems. They manage to mcguiver a solution for that -- and then the Sun hocks another hairball, an even bigger and more powerful CME. Meanwhile, there's trouble back at Armstrong City, as the inbound shuttle from Mars loses control and is on a collision course with the above-ground parts of the settlement. But this is a Baen book, so you know there'll be a happy ending, thanks to the courage, training, and can-do attitude of the protagonist and her teammates.
There were a few little bobbles here and there, details that strongly suggest to me that Travis Taylor wrote out a brief outline and Jody Lynn Nye did the bulk of the actual writing. For instance, why would a shuttle from Mars have the same form factor as a Space Shuttle orbiter, other than it's the go-to image for a non-specialist of "shuttle"? But these are quibbles, things that probably would slide right past a YA reader, in a story that is likely to really excite a tween or young teen about science and space exploration, perhaps enough that they will become one of the people who build the stuff our dreams are made of.
One thing that was really neat: the line about Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" being a century old, which places this novel sometime around the 2060's. A much more optimistic future than my own stories "Phoenix Dreams" and "Phoenix in the Machine," with a 2060's in which no one has traveled in space in over thirty years.
September 5, 2019
A very good yarn - genius kids on the moon!
I've long adored Jody Lynn Nye, but somehow hadn't heard about this book until a week ago. I got my hands on a copy immediately - a nice thing about DragonCon, you can hear about a book from one of the authors and get your hands on a copy in the same day! I absolutely devoured this, and immediately passed it off to my son for him to likewise devour. It's that good, that I can share it with my engineering-smarts son, and know that he'll enjoy it even more than I did!
It's got solid science, but doesn't let the science drag down the story. Indeed, the science is absolutely integral to the story! Never boring, even in the midst of making it explicitly clear just how dangerous a situation is and why. Best of all, the characters aren't strange at all. I had concerns at first, since most of the characters are under twenty - I don't usually understand half the things my son says, haha! But these kids are smart, without being *too* mature for their ages if that makes sense. The authors do a fabulous job of capturing youthful energy and attitude without losing us "old fogeys" in the doing.
A read well worth anyone's time, whether you usually like science fiction or not!
I've long adored Jody Lynn Nye, but somehow hadn't heard about this book until a week ago. I got my hands on a copy immediately - a nice thing about DragonCon, you can hear about a book from one of the authors and get your hands on a copy in the same day! I absolutely devoured this, and immediately passed it off to my son for him to likewise devour. It's that good, that I can share it with my engineering-smarts son, and know that he'll enjoy it even more than I did!
It's got solid science, but doesn't let the science drag down the story. Indeed, the science is absolutely integral to the story! Never boring, even in the midst of making it explicitly clear just how dangerous a situation is and why. Best of all, the characters aren't strange at all. I had concerns at first, since most of the characters are under twenty - I don't usually understand half the things my son says, haha! But these kids are smart, without being *too* mature for their ages if that makes sense. The authors do a fabulous job of capturing youthful energy and attitude without losing us "old fogeys" in the doing.
A read well worth anyone's time, whether you usually like science fiction or not!
March 5, 2018
From her family’s farm in Iowa to the moon, Barbara Winton’s fangirl dream has come true. She has been invited by Dr. Keegan Bright, scientist and television personality, to become one of his “Bright Stars.” She becomes one of the half-dozen teen science scholars to join him on his show broadcast from the moon. As the newest member of the team, she’s surprised when Bright appoints her as the leader of the latest project. She and three other Bright Stars are to begin construction of a radio telescope on the far side of the moon. But when they arrive on site an unexpected danger erupts putting the project and their lives in peril.
Lots of good hard science and realistic young adult interactions fill this very satisfying lunar adventure. Kudos to the authors.
Lots of good hard science and realistic young adult interactions fill this very satisfying lunar adventure. Kudos to the authors.
May 30, 2017
** I read an advance reader copy of this book. **
Enjoyable middle grade to young adult (leaning more toward the younger side) science-fiction story. Decent world-building and character development but more description of the moon base and the moon itself would have been nice. The mission was interesting but felt a bit rushed at times and I would have preferred more details -- more show rather than tell. Still, all in all this is a decent adventure/sci-fi story for middle graders and young adults. I did quite enjoy the illustrations!
Enjoyable middle grade to young adult (leaning more toward the younger side) science-fiction story. Decent world-building and character development but more description of the moon base and the moon itself would have been nice. The mission was interesting but felt a bit rushed at times and I would have preferred more details -- more show rather than tell. Still, all in all this is a decent adventure/sci-fi story for middle graders and young adults. I did quite enjoy the illustrations!
July 9, 2017
Despite the fact that this was a young adult title, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a narrative of how overcoming adversity (even if it isn't on earth) doesn't have to be a slog or cause major problems for others. All of the folks in the story did their jobs, everyone coped well with various issues, and the story flowed along quite nicely. Now only if real missions could be resolved so easily when it comes to manned missions, we'd all be in good shape. :)
March 30, 2019
This is an amazing near future world. Definitely a shining example of both YA and urban science fiction. Don't let the YA fool you though, this book is just as enjoyable for adults.
The authors are creative with the story telling adding in social media elements and reality TV in addition to amazing production vaule and images into the book.
The authors are creative with the story telling adding in social media elements and reality TV in addition to amazing production vaule and images into the book.
August 14, 2017
Good to great juvenile
This was the best modern science and technology juvenile book in a goodly while. Somewhat realistic with good problem solving by the Bright Sparks team.
One could wish it were not fiction.
This was the best modern science and technology juvenile book in a goodly while. Somewhat realistic with good problem solving by the Bright Sparks team.
One could wish it were not fiction.
January 5, 2018
A juvie in the style of RAH. The science is as good you expect, Required word count I guess you don't
Need any other review, from me! Ridiculous! I make clear and concise comments aimed at an intelligent and knowledgeable reader.
Need any other review, from me! Ridiculous! I make clear and concise comments aimed at an intelligent and knowledgeable reader.
March 17, 2019
Great Scifi Adventure
The first book in this series was a very fun read, combining some likeable characters, some geeky science and some exciting adventure on the far side of the moon.
The first book in this series was a very fun read, combining some likeable characters, some geeky science and some exciting adventure on the far side of the moon.
April 29, 2020
A fun kid's lit book that a grown up can enjoy as well. The science seems robust and nothing that does not seem to be possible in the near future. I hope to share it with my 8 year old who wants to be an astronaut when she is a little older. It will be a good motivational read for her.
July 8, 2017
Suspension of disbelief didn't happen. In fact the disbelief just kept piling up, from social interaction to physical reality. Gave up in chapter 7.
November 17, 2017
Think Space Camp in space. A really good science fiction tale, with emphasis on science. Likeable characters and good plotting. Young adult emphasis, but totally enjoyable for adults as well.
April 18, 2018
Good YA sci fi about smart kids, interesting and fairly real-world tech and danger on the moon. Romance kept to a very minimum. I hope the author intends to make this a series.
May 8, 2018
Excellent story. A little hard to follow at times because of all the tech. language. But I was able to overlook that because the story kept me turning the pages.
August 31, 2023
was not the target audience for thisssssss lmfao. think i need to stick to more low level sci-fi, but the premise (moon science camp) was very fun
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