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A Rover's Story
A Rover's Story | Jasmine Warga
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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 Honorwinning author of Other Words for Home. 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 human-like feelings. Maybe theres 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 Marss 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, courageand resilienceto succeed and survive?
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A Rover's Story | Jasmine Warga
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3/5 ⭐️s
A Rover's Story examines what it means to be alive. Res, our main character, is a Mars Rover. He experiences a very wide range of human emotions and experiences, but cannot communicate with humans (other than through code). Throughout his life, the author depicts the scientific journey of building a robot for space and the process of space exploration. I was shocked at how emotional a darn robot made me!

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Clwojick
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My 5 star reads for #middlegrademarch ❤️❤️❤️

sblbooks You had a great month! A Rover's Story was so cute. 13mo
Clwojick @sblbooks It really was! I definitely teared up a bit! He was adorable! 13mo
Tea_and_Starstuff There are some gorgeous book covers in that group! 13mo
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Allylu Loved The Wild Robot last year - there‘s a book 2 that‘s just as good. A Rover‘s Story made me cry. Jasmine Warga books do that to me. 💕📚😊 13mo
Bookzombie @Allylu I also love The Wild Robot and the sequel. Book 3 comes out in September! 13mo
Clwojick @Allylu I will definitely be checking out more by her! ❤️ @Bookzombie I‘ll certainly be reading on! I loved The Wild Robot. 13mo
Allylu Ooh! Thanks for the heads-up @Bookzombie 13mo
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sblbooks
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#MiddleGradeMarch @megnews 4.5🌟

@Jenken1998 your review made me want to watch Short Circuit again. I also found the sequel that I don't think I'd ever seen before. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. This was such a cute story! I'm looking forward to the YouTube discussion hosted on Books and Jams channel.

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Jenken1998
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The group read for #middlegrademarch over on YouTube. Hosted by A Curley Reader and Books and Jams. This was fantastic. It is a sweet story about a Mars rover that develops human feelings. Loved all the science info as well as riding along with a character that must identify his feelings aa he experiences them. Have to admit. I teared up a couple of times. Made me nostalgic for the movie Short Circuit 🥰

sblbooks I can't wait to read it! I thought about short circuit too, I'm going to try to find a copy to watch. 14mo
Clwojick I 100% tested up when I read it! So good! 14mo
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Clwojick
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Day 1 of #MarvellousMarch was a success! I finished 5 books, 4 of which were for #buddyreads or monthly challenges.

Home Fire DNF #FoodandLit
Dark Voices 3.5/5
A Rover‘s Story 5/5 💗 #middlegrademarch
Nettle and Bone 4/5 #whimsicalreads
The Prize 3.5/5 #LittensLoveRomance

#MarchMadness #ispybingo #bookspinbingo

Catsandbooks Sorry it was a dnf but least it's off your shelf! 14mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 14mo
Andrew65 As awesome as ever! 14mo
DieAReader Awesome!!!🥳🥳🥳 14mo
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sblbooks
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#MiddleGradeMarch My plans include the #kindredspirits pick, House of Dreams, and two #LittleHouse books.The tagged book is the group read for middle grade March on YouTube; hosted by BooksAndJams, TheCurlyReader and LifeBetweenWords1. They also have prompts, live chats and merch! @megnews @BarbaraJean #MarchTBR

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Erinreadsthebooks
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A cute story about a rover‘s connection with his humans and his work overcoming a seemingly impossible task on Mars. Sweet, techie, and lovely 🤓

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Erinreadsthebooks
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Middle Grade, that‘s where the joy lives ❤️. I‘m loving this book about Res the rover.