The Adventures of Sojourner: The Mission to Mars that Thrilled the World (Library Binding)

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Grade 5 Up?An authoritative and exciting recounting of the Mars Pathfinder mission and the success of the Sojourner rover. The story begins with a brief but enlightening discussion of why scientists send missions to Mars and the successes and failures that occurred before the launch of Pathfinder in December of 1996. The book then follows the designing and building of Sojourner, describes her performance on Mars after landing on July 4, 1997, and speculates on her ultimate demise sometime in September or November of that year. The detailed explanations of the rover's construction, the launch and landing of the Pathfinder lander on Mars, and the work done by Sojourner are fascinating. Stunning photographs, the majority in color, add additional details and clarity to the lively text, which is easy to read but does not talk down to readers. A time line of Mars voyages, a chart comparing Earth and Mars, and three Web sites are also included. This book provides enough information for reports, and may inspire students to pursue further research. An entertaining, factual, and immensely readable volume.?Linda Wadleigh, Oconee County Middle School, Watkinsville, GA
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Authoritative and exciting ... entertaining, factual, and immensely readable. -- School Library Journal - * starred review

This well-written and profusely illustrated book should be in every elementary and junior high school library (as well as public library) in the country. -- Science Books & Film

Top-flight chronicle of a landmark space mission and its leading player. -- Publishers Weekly

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Library Binding: 64 pages
• Publisher: Mikaya Press (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965049353
• ISBN-13: 978-0965049351
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,284,302 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book!, November 17, 1998

By A Customer

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

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for the classroom, November 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Adventures of Sojourner : The Mission to Mars That Thrilled the World (Paperback)

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..

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What a cool book!, April 2, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Albuquerque New Mexico (Yes, part of the USA!)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Adventures of Sojourner : The Mission to Mars That Thrilled the World (Paperback)

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.