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230 pp.
| Putnam |
May, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-399-24532-4$17.99 Reissue (1970, Atheneum)
(2)
YA
Melinda Ashley has no intention of leaving Earth, until her father arranges for her to accompany him on a business trip to Mars. There, Melinda gains a more mature understanding of love and courage based on inner confidence. Deftly blending scientific possibility, suspense, and youthful emotion in this first-person narrative, Engdahl projects a plausible picture of the future. An afterword is included.