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 as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. 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.Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name.Res was built to explore Mars. A Rover's Story New York Times bestseller Best Book of the Year from The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library Illinois READS Book Selection, Illinois Reading Council, 2023. The Shape of Thunder Best Book of 2021 by The Boston Globe, 2021 Goodreads Award Nominee, Summer 2021 IndieNext Selection, Junior Library Guild Selection, Barnes & Noble Best Book Of May 2021 Selection, A Chapters Indigo Best Book of 2021 Selection Illinois READS Book Selection, Illinois Reading Council, 2022.There, she quickly discovered that writing for kids and teens was the perfect combination of her dual interests in storytelling and working with kids. She briefly taught 6th grade science in Texas before going on to get her MFA in creative writing from Lesley University in Boston. Connection to Illinois: Warga currently resides in Chicago.īiography: Jasmine Warga is an award-winning author for young adults.
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