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The Lion of Mars
- Narrated by: Maxwell Glick
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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The Lion of Mars
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Publisher's Summary
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Life on Mars is pretty standard…until a mysterious virus hits. Don’t miss this timely and unputdownable novel from the bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish.
Bell has spent his whole life—all eleven years of it—on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid—he loves cats and 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.
Mars may be a world far, far away, but in the hands of Jennifer L. Holm, beloved and bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish, it can't help but feel like home.
What the critics say
2022, California Young Reader Medal
2022, Florida Teens Read
2022, Hawaii Nene Award
2022, Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2022, Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
2023, Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2022, Nebraska Golden Sower Award
2023, Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award
2022, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2023, Rhode Island Children's Book Award
2022, Texas Bluebonnet Master List
“Peppered with such intriguing scientific details as the pervasive nature of Mars dust, Holm’s absorbing speculative novel is...rendered with a keen sense of place grounded by identifiable sociofamilial relationships.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
"The plot and setting are elegantly simple, yet the story proves completely engaging, driven by a charming cast of gentle characters and, more so, by Holm’s lean, measured prose, which moves briskly and seems to strike a resonant note on every page." (Booklist, starred review)
“A delightful space adventure.” (Kirkus Reviews)