betty reviewed Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall
Review of 'Mars Evacuees' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Like if [a:Mordecai Richler|114539|Mordecai Richler|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1227583751p2/114539.jpg] wrote [b:Space Cadet|50852|Space Cadet|Robert A. Heinlein|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1312063775s/50852.jpg|404697]. Is that meaningful for non-Canadians?
This is pretty decent book, I think in the 'middle-grade' category, which is (I think) aimed at kids who are ready for more sophisticated concepts, but not really interested yet in sex.
Alice Dare is evacuated from Earth, as it slowly succumbs to alien invasion, along with several hundred other kids who either seemed like they might be useful to a future resistance, or had important political connections. Mars isn't really ready to house them, but needs must. At first, Alice is not really much bothered by her situation, because her old school was moderately terrible too, but then it becomes obvious that the situation is rather more dire than the adults have been telling them.
Can plucky pre-teens and a goldfish robot save the solar system? (Yes.)
This book's main attraction is Alice's …
Like if [a:Mordecai Richler|114539|Mordecai Richler|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1227583751p2/114539.jpg] wrote [b:Space Cadet|50852|Space Cadet|Robert A. Heinlein|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1312063775s/50852.jpg|404697]. Is that meaningful for non-Canadians?
This is pretty decent book, I think in the 'middle-grade' category, which is (I think) aimed at kids who are ready for more sophisticated concepts, but not really interested yet in sex.
Alice Dare is evacuated from Earth, as it slowly succumbs to alien invasion, along with several hundred other kids who either seemed like they might be useful to a future resistance, or had important political connections. Mars isn't really ready to house them, but needs must. At first, Alice is not really much bothered by her situation, because her old school was moderately terrible too, but then it becomes obvious that the situation is rather more dire than the adults have been telling them.
Can plucky pre-teens and a goldfish robot save the solar system? (Yes.)
This book's main attraction is Alice's narrative voice, and the cast of characters, which are what reminded me of [b:Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang|226759|Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang|Mordecai Richler|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1391377575s/226759.jpg|350315]. It's very... sassy? I don't know how to talk about it without sounding about a million years old, but it's quite delightful, if occasionally it does ring a little forced.