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My name is Mischa "Ish" Love, and I am twelve years old. I know quite a lot about Mars.
Mars is where I belong. Do you know how sometimes you just know a thing? My mom says that falling in love is like that, that the first time she saw Dad, she just knew. That's how I feel about Mars: I just know.
I'm smart and interesting and focused, and I'm working on getting along better with people. I'll learn some jokes. A sense of humor is going to be important. It always is. That's what my dad always says. Maybe jokes will be the things that will help us all to survive. Not just me, because there's no "me" in "team," right? This is about all of us. Together.
What makes me a survivor? Mars is going to make me a survivor.
You'll see.
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In Karen Rivers's riveting new novel, Ish's dreams for a future on Mars go heartbreakingly awry when an unexpected diagnosis threatens to rewrite her whole future.
Rezensionen (4)
School Library Journal-Rezension
Gr 5-8-Mischa "Ish" Love is obsessed with Mars. She has applied more than 40 times to the Mars Now Project; acceptance would mean a chance to go live on her dream planet. She is a bit socially awkward and does not have many friends, but she's okay with it. Her dedication to being unique and owning her complete self at 12 is admirable and inspirational. Adults might be put off by some of her comments, especially one about life going downhill at 22, but will laugh just the same. Ish relates her thoughts on life, death, and love before she is diagnosed with a brain tumor, and even then, finds humor in her situation, naming her tumor "-Nirgal." Listeners will love Ish's snarky voice as it comes to life through Jill Frutkin's exceptional narration, and find themselves laughing and crying at the same time. VERDICT An inspiring and quotable listen that would be a perfect addition to any collection. Ideal for anyone seeking a funny, thought-provoking listen.-Amanda Schiavulli, Finger Lakes Library System, NY © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly-Rezension
Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love is determined to be part of the first settlement on Mars-whenever that should come to be-and has done extensive research to prepare. She used to do this sort of research with her best friend Tig Diaz, but when he moved away and didn't stay in touch, he became "DTM" ("dead to me"). Ish doesn't connect to the other kids at school, and home is stressful, too, thanks to her difficult older sister Elliot. Ish's worries are suddenly overshadowed when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor. The book slowly shifts into a meditation on relationships and life, and Ish's dreams of Mars become nearly as real as her waking life. Ish's reflections on Mars, the ways humans have failed Earth, and what it means to be alive pack a punch, though a plot thread about Elliot's anger about learning she and Ish were adopted seems mostly there for dramatic effect. Overall, though, Rivers (The Girl in the Well Is Me) spins an affecting, hard-hitting story. Ages 8-12. Agent: Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book-Rezension
Mischa ("Ish") Love's goal: being part of the first manned mission to Mars ten years from now, when she's twenty-two. But when Ish is diagnosed with a brain tumor, she finds herself dealing with a more immediate and vital problem. The writing is vivid, and the close first-person narration keeps the reader in Ish's fast-paced mind even as that mind deteriorates. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist-Rezension
*Starred Review* Most 12-year-olds haven't given much thought to their futures beyond the next sale at the mall, but Mischa Ish Love has known hers for years. She's going to be a Mars colonist. Global warming will eventually make the Earth uninhabitable, so somebody needs to try living on another planet. That person will be her. She's already sent 46 applications to Mars Now, which is scheduled to launch an expedition to the Red Planet in 10 years, and she has no doubt that she will be among its members. This long-held dream implodes on her first day of seventh grade, when she blacks out at school and awakens in the hospital, diagnosed with a brain tumor the size of a brussels sprout. Mischa is a scientifically minded and intelligent protagonist, and readers follow her first-person narration through logical observations, irrational dreams typically about Mars and begrudgingly acknowledged emotional struggles (her personal mantra being, I am a machine) both before and after her diagnosis. It is a reflective book, but Mischa's unique voice and way of perceiving the world are consistently absorbing, and her additional struggles with losing her best (and only) friend and coming to terms with being adopted expand it far beyond her illness. Scattered humor and scientific facts ward off sentimentality, revealing a star-bright story of love, courage, and unflagging spirit.--Smith, Julia Copyright 2017 Booklist