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Built to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet.
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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 they 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...
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Chronicle of the dark star volume 1
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While waiting to leave Mars before it burns up just like the Earth before it, Liam and his friend Phoebe discover some facts about time and space and realize that the human race is just one of the races trying to survive in space.
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Young wizards volume 9
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Young wizards Kit Rodriguez and Nita Callahan manage to wangle their way onto an elite team sent to investigate the mysterious, long-sought "message in a bottle" that holds the first clues to the secrets of the ancient Martian race.
5) Love, Ish
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Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love's longtime dream has been to someday live on Mars, but when she collapses on the first day of seventh grade, Ish receives a diagnosis which threatens her future plans.
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Ricky Ricotta volume 4
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A small mouse and his best friend, a giant flying robot, attempt to save the Earth when an evil Martian monkey and his mechanical creations attack.
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Mars evacuees volume 2
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Young Alice Dare is relieved that at last humans and the alien Morrors are now living peacefully together on Earth. But with an influx of too many Morrors, space is getting a bit tight. To make room for all the Morrors, they've been terraforming a cold little moon in the Alpha Centauri system -- and Alice and her friends are invited to the inauguration of the Morrors' new home! But just as they're approaching Alpha Centauri, the kids are kidnapped...
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Six kids from around the world have been chosen for the first-ever mission to Mars and Miranda Regent is one of them. But as soon as the announcement is made, protesters worldwide claim the selection process was rigged -- and that Miranda was only chosen because she's American. Soon she's getting anonymous threatening messages. When the training base is attacked, it looks like Miranda is the intended target. Now the entire mission and everyone's...
10) Life on Mars
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Dial Books for Young Readers
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[2017]
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"A young astronaut is trying to find life on Mars, but he's made a very big oversight"--
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Mars Patel volume 2
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Mars is on Mars! But as techie colonists and scrappy rebels clash, can Mars and his friends survive long enough to discover the planet's dark secrets? Based on Season 2 of the Peabody Award-winning podcast.
Six months ago, Mars Patel boarded a spaceship to travel to Oliver Pruitt's colony on the planet Mars, and now he's finally there. The journey gave Mars lots of time to bond with his copilots, but Mars and his new friends soon discover that Pruitt's...
12) Moving to Mars
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Mars likes peace and quiet and is not happy when unexpected visitors show up, but slowly realizing he does not want to be alone, he reaches out to other planets and satellites while waiting patiently for human company.
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Pedro would love to take a trip to planet Mars! Are his climbing skills good enough for the planet's rocky surface? Can he pack enough sandwiches to keep himself fed? Will Pedro's big imagination lead him to Mars, or will he decide that Earth is the planet for him?
15) In the red
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Michael Prasad knows he shouldn't go out on the Mars surface alone. It's dangerous. His parents have forbidden it. And the anxiety he feels almost every time he puts on a spacesuit makes it nearly impossible for him to leave the safety of the colony. But when his best friend, Lilith, suggests they sneak out one night, he can't resist the chance to prove everyone--including himself--wrong. As the two ride along the Mars surface in a stolen rover, miles...
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Skippyjon Jones (Picture books) volume 5
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Judy Schachner's New York Times bestselling Skippyjon Jones books are beloved for their musical wordplay and zany stories. In Lost in Spice, the mischievous kitty boy determines that the planet Mars is red because it's covered in cayenne pepper. Unable to resist such an enticement, Skippyjon blasts off for an adventure filled with craters, otherworldly creatures, and plenty of things only his wild imagination could possibly conjure.
19) Mars evacuees
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Mars evacuees volume 1
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Twelve-year-old Alice Dare is one of 300 seven- to sixteen-year-olds evacuated to Mars to attend school and train as soldiers, safe from the war with Earth's invading aliens, the Morrors, but when all of the adults and robots mysteriously disappear, the youths must survive on their own.
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