Syretia and the Curiosity Rover
By Ailynn Collins and Paula Zorite
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Ailynn Collins
Ailynn Collins learned a lot about writing from her teachers at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. She has always loved reading science fiction stories about other worlds and strange aliens. She enjoys creating new characters and worlds for her stories, as well as envisioning what the future might look like. When not writing, Collins enjoys spending her spare time reading and playing board games with her family. She lives near Seattle, Washington, with her husband and loveable dogs.
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Syretia and the Curiosity Rover - Ailynn Collins
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Chapter One: Summer Camp Crash Landing
Chapter Two: A Girl Like Me
Chapter Three: A Lesson in Landings
Chapter Four: Everyone Counts
Chapter Five: Seven Minutes of Suspense
The History Behind the Mars Rovers
Glossary
Activity
About the Author
About the Illustrator
Copyright
Back Cover
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Title Page
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pictureChapter One
Summer Camp Crash Landing
Eleven-year-old Syretia Ma watched her mom drive away with the other parents.
This is going to be so great,
said her younger brother, Sean.
Looking around, Syretia couldn’t have disagreed more. Her family had just moved to California from Washington state last week. Mom thought going to an overnight summer camp near their new neighborhood would be a great way to make friends. But this camp was about space. While Sean loved everything about rockets and planets, Syretia would’ve preferred a camp about geology and rocks—her favorite subject. Unfortunately, this camp was the only one available.
Even worse, the campsite
wasn’t really a campsite at all. It was a large, one-story, reddish-brown building surrounded by sports fields. How disappointing. Syretia was used to summer camps being in forests with log cabins. This one was like being back in school!
A young woman stepped up to greet the campers. She wore a bright-orange T-shirt with the words STEM IS MY SUPERPOWER printed across the front.
What’s STEM?
Syretia whispered to Sean.
He rolled his eyes. Science, technology, engineering, and math. Everyone knows that.
Syretia didn’t.
Welcome to camp, everyone,
the woman in the orange shirt said cheerfully. "My name is Brenda, and I’m the head counselor. I’m very