mars (planet)

"After meeting the indigenous Martian, Qiqi, Trish Nupindju's life changes forever. Qiqi has taught her to skate on terrain, helping her immensely on her hoverderby (a futuristic roller derby) team. She has also introduced a new way to harvest the moisture essential for life on Mars. But the suits at AREX are watching and they are not pleased. Trish's innovations could cause irreparable damage for everyone in her life-including her team and family!"--Amazon.

"Patrica 'Trish Trash' Nupindju is a talent young hoverderby player on Mars 200 years in the future. Trish wants desperately to go pro becasue it seems like the only way to escpae a future of pverty and hard labor on her family's moisture farm in Candor Chasma. But even if she could make the team she's too young too get a contract and her family is going broke faster than her escape velocity"--Back cover.

The Song family travels to Tharsis City--the jewel of Mars civilization--for supplies. Young Belle is excited to see the sights of the city, but is unprepared for the danger that lurks in the city streets.

In 2335 the most precious resource on Mars is water, and Water Raiders are attacking farm communities and stealing the water. With very little help coming from the authorities in Tharsis City, Belle Song, her parents, and their friends from the neighboring farms join together to defeat the Raiders and protect their farms.

When Belle Song accidentally discovers a rare and highly valuable mineral deposit near Mount Olympus on Mars, a huge mining company moves in to claim rights. But to mine the land, they put Mars' water supply at risk. Soon, protesters and company officials clash, and Belle and her friends learn about the complexities of protecting the environment.

Now in seventh grade Belle Song has settled into her life on Mars; she has a new baby sister, her android Melody, her wolfdog Raider, and her friends, the human Lucas, and the Nabian, Taal--but when she and Taal uncover some ancient ruins which the Nabians claim are a sacred site, Belle finds herself plunged into a tricky world of extraterrestrial politics and religion that threatens her relationship with Taal.

Fourteen-year-old Belle Song investigates what she thinks is a meteor that has crashed near her family's Martian farm, and discovers two alien refugees fleeing a civil war. The aliens can shape-shift, and the Martians are suspicious of them; but Belle decides to do whatever she can to protect the alien refugees.

Follow the 'Curiosity' rover as it travels across the surface of Mars exploring the planet and collecting data for scientists back on Earth.

Introduces readers to NASA's Orion spacecraft and discusses the history of space travel, what it's like to live in space, developments in technology and systems for deep space travel, and more.

"Mars is one of our closest neighbors, and a NASA robot named Curiosity is in charge of exploring the surface. Take a journey across a new planet along with Curiosity. You're invited to join the party-- because even robot's have birthdays!"--Provided by publisher.