A Rover's Story

Written by Jasmine Warga

Narrated by Jacob McNatt and Ariana Delawari

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Oct 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9780063113954

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 for A Rover's Story

[Rebecca Bowman · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Really great book. Lots of imagination but also very scientific (:

[Machteld Faul · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love it so much thank you so much

[James Fawcett · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I like it though I kind of wanted it to be longer

[Sierra · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

From my kids “It’s one of the best stories ever because it incorporated fact and fiction. The story felt so real. It inspired me to learn more about the current missions on Mars.”

[C · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It’s a good source of information about rovers’s, and a lot of things that are made up to. I have to say that it’s a amazing thing and I really recommend it to everyone.
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