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The Adventures of Sojourner: The Mission to Mars that Thrilled the World

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As the one who actually got to remotely drive Sojourner on Mars, I have to say that Susi has done an outstanding job of capturing the excitement of this once in a lifetime event in space exploration. She goes into great detail about how we created the rover and lander, launched and guided them over 120 million miles to Mars and finally how we landed safely and explored the surface. The numerous illustrations and photos in the book should really make the mission come alive to young readers. The primary Mars Pathfinder Rover Driver gives this book two big thumbs up! -- Brian K. Cooper

My students and I enjoyed this book. The narrative was compelling and the children loved the photographs and illustrations--particularly the renderings of future Mars missions. The technical material is presented in easily understood terms. I would hightly recommend it to other teachers..

This is a good book for kids between 8 and 12 years old. A little to heavy for my 6 year old, and probably too lightweight for a 13 year old. My son, however, was entranced by the pictures, and was rather happy when I "dumbed" down the reading to his level.

Overall, I am quite happy having purchased it since it had enought pictures that I had not seen.

My son had this book assigned for a science projects class. Good, clear, photos and drawings/charts and interesting/useful facts. The text is detailed but still moves right along.

In her lavishly illustrated and thoughtfully written new book, Wunsch manages to capture the joy of the experimental process and the pride inherent in launching a project of this magnitude. My children were enthralled--Sojourner has fast become their first choice for evening reading.

In clear, evocative prose, Wunsch has managed to imbue the story of Sojourner with the very thing one would least expect: emotional immediacy. By including the history of the project's development and anecdotal stories from NASA scientists, Wunsch has told a story unheard in the news that is not only compelling, but the very sort of thing that would, especially considering the heightened interest in space exploration, inspire children to do further research. This is a must for all school libraries and middle school science labs and includes stunning photos and art from NASA and other sources.

This book is okay. If your one of those people who enjoys instruction manuals, then you'll love this informative book. While supposedly for kids, this book is more for adults. Kids will be bored by the subject matter, but for anyone with a hunger for space books, this is one.

For good reason, no one really cares about Sojourner. I don't know why there is a book on it. While maybe informative, my kids did not like this book. If you want your kid to get interested in the space program, don't show them this book. I recommend any other space book out there. This is not a fun book to read.