A Rover's Story

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.

hearing things from robot view

I like being referred to as a human by a robot who feels human feelings in him. also the helicopter Fly.

Everything

I love everything about it and how it adds scientific value and depth Also I love that it adds real life experiences

The notes

I liked how the author developed every character, and I liked the plot twist well.

When Journey wasn’t chosen to go to Mars.

What I liked was that Resilience was able to find Courage. But, what I didn’t like was that Journey and Resilience didn’t go together.

when Sophie writes.

I like that you throw in when she remembers that Sophie stated before part 5 " mom new you whould makehistory." It remainders me to always hope.