A Rover's Story

Name: A Rover's Story
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jasmine Warga
ISBN: 9780063113954

Author: Jasmine Warga

Narrator: Jacob McNatt, Ariana Delawari

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Storytide

Published: 10/04/2022

Categories: Children's Fiction, Robots, Science Fiction Stories, Astronauts

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The One and Only Ivan meets The Wild Robot in this unique and deeply moving middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover, from the Newbery Honor–winning author of Other Words for Home. New York Times bestseller!Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name.Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. Maybe there’s a problem with his programming….Human emotions or not, launch day comes, and Res blasts off to Mars, accompanied by a friendly drone helicopter named Fly. But Res quickly discovers that Mars is a dangerous place filled with dust storms and giant cliffs. As he navigates Mars’s difficult landscape, Res is tested in ways that go beyond space exploration.As millions of people back on Earth follow his progress, will Res have the determination, courage, and resilience to succeed… and survive? Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Jasmine Warga

Jasmine Warga is the New York Times bestselling author of Other Words for Home, a Newbery Honor Book and a Walter Honor Book for Younger Readers; The Shape of Thunder; and A Rover’s Story. Her teen books, Here We Are Now and My Heart and Other Black Holes, have been translated into over twenty-five languages. She lives in the Chicago area with her family. You can visit Jasmine online at jasminewarga.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lizzy on November 14, 2022

beeps and boops and now I’m crying over a fictional mars rover......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 29, 2023

Beeps and Boops, this was so precious! I loved how the author took real science and made it interesting and fresh. Seeing Res on Mars and exploring was cool and the reality of these missions was very interesting. I also liked following along with the human world through the letters. I thought it was......more

Goodreads review by Katie on March 24, 2023

Such a lovely, inspiring, heartfelt novel about a Mars rover named Resilience who has human emotions, and a little girl (who grows into an adult because this book takes place over the course of *many* years) who writes letters to the rover. There is so much pathos in this novel, so much hope and hea......more

Goodreads review by Steph ✨ on January 02, 2025

This was absolutely adorable. There were so many more feelings in this than I was anticipating, and it got really deep there at the end. It's such a good middlegrade.......more

Goodreads review by Mary on June 05, 2022

Oh how I wish the publisher would include the author's note to the reader that is in the ARC. "Mama, do you think the robot is scared?" gets across the emotional depth of this novel. Love the dual perspective of Resilience and Sophie. Love story. Kind of wish it was true.......more