The lion of Mars

Title
The lion of Mars

Personal Author EPSB
Jennifer L., Holm

Summary
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 kid in a very different world-- to uncover the truth and save his family-- and possibly unite an entire planet.

Year Published
2021-2022

Physical Description
259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Awards
2024 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Junior nominee

Subject
Space colonies -- Fiction.
 
Viruses -- Fiction.
 
Isolationism -- Fiction.
 
Friendship -- Fiction.
 
Secrecy -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Mars (Planet) -- Fiction.

Genre
Science fiction.

Summary
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 kid in a very different world-- to uncover the truth and save his family-- and possibly unite an entire planet.

ISBN
9780593121818
 
9780593121825
 
9780593121849

Publisher
New York : Random House, 2021.
 
New York : Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2022.
 
©2021


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
McLeodF HOLBook30200000219527Fiction