When an accident during a dust storm leaves astronaut Mark Watney stranded on Mars, everybody thinks he’s dead. Left alone with no communication, few resources and limited food and water, Watney will be a testament to the human instinct of survival. Armed with his botany and engineering skills, Mark sets out to survive by any means possible. Every day, he faces a new task ahead of him - all while knowing that his chances of survival become slimmer each day. After NASA finally discovers that he’s alive, the time for a rescue mission is quickly running out.
Jessica was supposed to go to space with her parents. And, she did… but she wakes up to nd nobody in the ship but herself. We, herself and… a duplicate of herself. As the story goes on, find out what happened to get the two Jessicas in the situation they’re in, and what they’ do to get out of that situation. I liked Star Splitter a lot, but one thing I will mention is that it had a lot of foul language/swearing in it, so if you are uncomfortable with that sort of thing, I would not recommend it. But other than that, I thought the book was pretty good!
In Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary, Ryland Grace wakes up as the sole survivor sent on a last chance mission to save humanity from certain death. Ryland is stuck in the depths of space with a spotty memory trying to find the solution to humanity's untimely demise before it is too late. Filled with bravery, courage, and compassion, this book is a must read.
Life As We Knew It follows Miranda, a high school girl, as she lives through a world without the moon. As the world discovers a meteor is on a collision course with the moon, everyone watches with interest, but little concern. In a split second everything falls apart as the moon is unpredictably knocked out of orbit. When the world falls into chaos and the planet begins to crumble, Miranda struggles with guilt, responsibility, and hope as she navigates the new world she must survive in.
Project Hail Maryis the story of Ryland Grace, a middle school science teacher and the sole survivor on a last chance mission to save the earth. Told from his perspective, Ryland struggles to remember how he ended up on a spaceship million of miles from earth and what he is there to solve. His crewmates are dead, his ship is faulty and he has to stop an extinction level threat from decimating the earth.
Summary: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon is a compelling work of fiction set on a generational spaceship, the HSS Matilda, where society is divided by race and class, echoing the injustices of America. The story follows Aster, a dark-skinned healer who discovers secrets about the ship's past while navigating a hierarchy that mirrors the worst aspects of slavery.
The Martian is a fictional story about an astronaut who accidentally gets stranded on Mars and only has limited supplies to survive the hostile conditions of the planet and find a way to contact NASA to get himself back to earth.
In the book that I have read by the name, Life in Outer Space, a movie geek kid named Sam Kinnison is set in Australia living with his mom and dad. His dad lives with them but has a very distant relationship. Sam also has a few friends but they are mainly at the bottom of the social hierarchy. A girl by the name of, Camilla, moves in and is super popular with a lot of the “A-list” kids but is also comfortable with the chess club and people such as Sam.
