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Author Visit: Jasmine Warga

2022-10-08 13:00:00 2022-10-08 14:00:00 America/New_York Author Visit: Jasmine Warga Tremont Road Branch - Atrium

Saturday, October 08
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-10-08 13:00:00 2022-10-08 14:00:00 America/New_York Author Visit: Jasmine Warga Jasmine Warga, Newbery-honor winning author of Other Words for Home, will talk about her newest book, A Rover's Story. Presented in partnership with Cover to Cover Books. Tremont Road Branch - Atrium

Jasmine Warga, Newbery-honor winning author of Other Words for Home, will talk about her newest book, A Rover's Story. Presented in partnership with Cover to Cover Books.

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 Honor–winning author of Other Words for Home.

The tale of a small machine with a big heart.

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 there’s 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 Mars’s 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, courage—and resilience—to succeed… and survive? 


Jasmine Warga is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Other Words for Home, a Newbery Honor Book and a Walter Honor Book for Younger Readers, and The Shape of Thunder. Her teen books, Here We Are Now and My Heart and Other Black Holes, have been translated into over twenty-five languages. She lives in the Chicago area with her family. You can visit Jasmine online at www.jasminewarga.com.

This event is presented in partnership with Cover to Cover Books for Young Readers, which will be on site to sell copies of Ms. Warga's books. Registration is required.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Kids |

EVENT TYPE: | Author Visit |

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