The lion of Mars
(Book)

Some editions include excerpt of "The Third Mushroom."

Some paperback copies have publisher as Yearling and edition statement as First Yearling Edition 2022.

Includes bibliographical references (page 265).

Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid-he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a very different world--to uncover the truth and save his family ... and possibly unite an entire planet. Mars may be a world far, far away, but in the hands of Jennifer L. Holm, beloved and bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish, it can't help but feel like home.

Ages 9-12.

530L,Lexile

Decoding demand: 95 (very high),Semantic demand: 100 (very high),Syntactic demand: 77 (high),Structure demand: 87 (very high),Lexile