The Oceans between Stars
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"Thrillingly ambitious and imaginative." —Soman Chainani, bestselling author of The School for Good and Evil, about Last Day on Mars
It is Earth year 2223, but the Earth, along with the entire solar system, is gone.
Liam and Phoebe, having barely escaped our exploding sun with their lives, are in stasis for the decade-long journey to the rogue planet Delphi, where they hope to meet up with the rest of the human refugees, find help for their injured parents, and pass along the devastating things they discovered on Mars: that someone destroyed their world intentionally, and that that someone might still be after them, trying to finish the job.
Phoebe is carrying her own dark secret. One that finds her waking up secretly at various points in their journey, changing their path through space. One that will decide the fate of the human race, and many more besides. One that, very soon, she must reveal to Liam, whether he's ready for the truth or not.
The second volume in Kevin Emerson's thrilling sci-fi epic is a bold and terrifying quest into the outer reaches of time and space—one that will change our heroes, and their friendship, forever.
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Kevin Emerson. (2018). The Oceans between Stars. HarperCollins.
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Kevin Emerson is the author of the acclaimed novel Last Day on Mars and its sequels in the Chronicle of the Dark Star. He has written thirteen middle grade novels, including The Fellowship for Alien Detection, the Oliver Nocturne Series, and Lost in Space: Return to Yesterday (based on the Netflix series), as well as eight young adult novels, including The Atlanteans trilogy and Any Second. A former science teacher, Kevin is also a drummer and singer, most recently with his band Model Shop. He lives with his family in Seattle, Washington. You can visit him online at www.kevinemerson.net.
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"Thrillingly ambitious and imaginative." —Soman Chainani, bestselling author of The School for Good and Evil, about Last Day on Mars
It is Earth year 2223, but the Earth, along with the entire solar system, is gone.
Liam and Phoebe, having barely escaped our exploding sun with their lives, are in stasis for the decade-long journey to the rogue planet Delphi, where they hope to meet up with the rest of the human refugees, find help for their injured parents, and pass along the devastating things they discovered on Mars: that someone destroyed their world intentionally, and that that someone might still be after them, trying to finish the job.
Phoebe is carrying her own dark secret. One that finds her waking up secretly at various points in their journey, changing their path through space. One that will decide the fate of the human race, and many more besides. One that, very soon, she must reveal to Liam, whether he's ready for the truth or not.
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"Thrills, violence, time/space questions, and some contemplation about colonization make for action on the thoughtful side." — Kirkus Reviews
"With the same enthralling, cinematic pacing he used in Last Day on Mars, Emerson unspools nail-biting suspense. Through all the engrossing sci-fi action, however, Emerson keeps the plot solidly grounded in the characters, who are vivid and complex. A cliff-hanger ending promises deepening adventures in forthcoming volumes." — ALA Booklist
"[A] well-written and exciting sequel. Emerson, who has clearly done his research, uses humor and age-appropriate metaphors to present the science in a way that readers will be able to understand." — School Library Journal
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Gr 4-8-This sequel to Last Day on Mars picks up where the first book left off, with 13-year-olds Liam and Phoebe traveling through space on their small ship, hoping to rendezvous with the large starliners that are taking the rest of the human race from Mars to the next planet they plan to colonize, Aaru-5. With their aging ship being piloted by a robot that is decades overdue for maintenance, Phoebe and Liam's journey was never going to be easy. Add to that the stress of their parents (all currently in stasis) needing medical help and not one but two species of aliens working to sabotage the humans' mission to Aaru-5, and the stakes for the two teens have never been higher. Their best hope for survival seems to be Liam's wristwatch, stolen from a secret alien laboratory on Mars, which allows Liam to see backward and forward in time. At first, Liam uses the watch to help him make small decisions. Soon, though, Liam realizes that the watch is changing him in ways that he struggles to understand. He begins to question his best friend Phoebe, his parents, and everything he thought he knew about the universe. This well-written and exciting sequel is extremely heavy on complex science, particularly time travel and the multiverse theory. Emerson, who has clearly done his research, uses humor and age-appropriate metaphors to present the science in a way that readers will be able to understand. VERDICT Highly recommended for young science fiction enthusiasts and those who enjoyed the first installment.-Liz Overberg, Zionsville Community High School, IN
Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Between Liam and the starliner carrying his sister lie baffling timestreams, inscrutable enemies, and vast stretches of cold, empty space. Humans have departed Mars to colonize another planet. As Last Day on Mars (2017) ended, readers learned--but Liam didn't--that Phoebe, Liam's best friend and only fellow traveler in their small spacecraft (not counting their parents, injured and in stasis, and an intelligent, panda-faced bot), is a disguised alien. A horrifying prelude shows that Xela--Phoebe's real name--came to Mars after a "hurtling wave of atomic fire" seared her whole planet, Telos, in six minutes. Of 6 billion Telphons, only 238 survived--and they want revenge on humans, who caused the cataclysm. When will Liam learn Xela's identity? Where does her loyalty lie? She hides her lavender, black-bristled skin in order to resemble a white, human girl; Liam's multiracial heritage, mentioned in Mars, is unmentioned here. Arcs of emotional tension braid through outer-space flying and fighting scenes, various aliens, jolts of puzzle-mystery time travel, and science/philosophy ("Now and then are constraints of three-dimensional beings"). Liam's loneliness in "the deep black and silence of space" is offset by adventure: "It's been fun, you know, when it hasn't been terrifying." Reveals are plentiful, including a closing one to beckon readers forward.Thrills, violence, time/space questions, and some contemplation about colonization make for action on the thoughtful side. (Science fiction. 10-13)COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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In the aftermath of Earth's sun going supernova and the alien attack at Saturn base (Last Day on Mars, rev. 7/17), teens Liam and Phoebe acquire a spaceship and set a course to rendezvous with the colonists currently at the refueling-station planet Delphi. Liam has terraforming data the colonists will need when they finally arrive at their destination planet, Aaru-5, but Phoebe has a secret that could shatter both their lives: she's not a human at all, but a Telphon, one of the few survivors of the bombs humans had sent to wipe out all life on Aaru-5 prior to their arrival. Rather than continue to work with the Telphon saboteurs, however, Phoebe has thrown her lot in with Liam?if only she can convince him to trust her. Refusing to limit himself to the dramatic possibilities of long-haul space travel, conflicted loyalties, and genocidal blood guilt, author Emerson adds a second antagonistic alien species that makes suns go supernova, and a third species whose time-travel technology Liam acquired back on Mars. The complications and conundrums of time travel make this second series entry hum with possibility and danger, leading to a foreseen but unavoidable crisis at book's climax when a second sun goes supernova. Rife with tension and unexpected twists, this conceptually expansive science-fiction novel relies strongly on the human element to grab?and hold?readers' sympathies. anita l. burkam(Copyright 2018 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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It is Earth year 2223, but the Earth, along with the entire solar system, is gone.
Liam and Phoebe, having barely escaped our exploding sun with their lives, are in stasis for the decade-long journey to the rogue planet Delphi, where they hope to meet up with the rest of the human refugees, find help for their injured parents, and pass along the devastating things they discovered on Mars: that someone destroyed their world intentionally, and that that someone might still be after them, trying to finish the job.
Phoebe is carrying her own dark secret. One that finds her waking up secretly at various points in their journey, changing their path through space. One that will decide the fate of the human race, and many more besides. One that, very soon, she must reveal to Liam, whether he's ready for the truth...
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