· A great new stand-alone science fiction novel from Carrie Vaughn, author of the Kitty Norville series. Well-known for her bestselling series Kitty Norville, Carrie Vaughn moves to science fiction with Martians Abroad. Polly Newton has one single-minded dream, to /5. · In the end, Martians Abroad has the pace and feel of a Heinlein juvenile, but with a pleasingly contemporary upgrade to reflect the views of the modern reader – Polly is not always a model student, occasionally moody, regularly flaunting the rules and bucking the system, and in a typically teenager manner often speaks before she thinks, unlike her brother. Carrie captures that Author: Mark Yon. Carrie Vaughn wrote Martians Abroad in It's about a year-old girl named Polly Newton and her kind-of twin brother, somewhat psychopathic brother, Charles. They get on a ship and travel to Earth to go to school. Stuff happens. At about % in to the book I thought, "Is this like Fuzzy Nation, a /5(72).
Sneak Peek: Martians Abroad by Carrie Vaughn. Decem Aug torforge. Well-known for her bestselling series Kitty Norville, Carrie Vaughn moves to science fiction with Martians Abroad, a novel with great crossover appeal. Polly Newton has one single-minded dream, to be a starship pilot and travel the galaxy. Martians Abroad. by. Carrie Vaughn (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · ratings · reviews. A great new stand-alone science fiction novel from the author of the Kitty Norville series. Polly Newton has one single-minded dream, to be a starship pilot and travel the galaxy. Her mother, the director of the Mars Colony, derails Polly. Carrie Vaughn — known for her Kitty Norville urban fantasies — ventures offworld with Martians Abroad, a high-school adventure that pays fun, thoughtful homage to Robert Heinlein's "juveniles.".
Overview. A great new stand-alone science fiction novel from Carrie Vaughn, author of the Kitty Norville series. Polly Newton has one single-minded dream, to be a starship pilot and travel the galaxy. Her mother, the Director of the Mars Colony, derails Polly's plans when she sends Polly and her genius twin brother, Charles, to Galileo Academy on Earth. The latest novel from best-selling author Carrie Vaughn, writer of the Kitty Norville urban fantasy series, Martians Abroad is a space opera for the Young Adult genre. Told in first person, this tale of Polly Newton, our narrator, and her twin brother Charles is filled with optimistic hope, adolescent travails, and scientific fun. In the end, Martians Abroad has the pace and feel of a Heinlein juvenile, but with a pleasingly contemporary upgrade to reflect the views of the modern reader – Polly is not always a model student, occasionally moody, regularly flaunting the rules and bucking the system, and in a typically teenager manner often speaks before she thinks, unlike her brother. Carrie captures that awkwardness of being a teen better than many writers, possibly even including Heinlein.
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