Blurb:
A great new stand-alone science fiction novel from the author
of the Kitty Norville series.
Polly Newton has one single-minded dream, to be a starship pilot and travel the galaxy. Her mother, the director of the Mars Colony, derails Polly's plans when she sends Polly and her genius twin brother, Charles, to Galileo Academy on Earth—the one planet Polly has no desire to visit. Ever.
Homesick and cut off from her desired future, Polly cannot seem to fit into the constraints of life on Earth, unlike Charles, who deftly maneuvers around people and sees through their behavior to their true motives. Strange, unexplained, dangerous coincidences centered on their high-profile classmates begin piling up. Charles may be right—there's more going on than would appear, and the stakes are high. With the help of Charles, Polly is determined to find the truth, no matter the cost.
Polly Newton has one single-minded dream, to be a starship pilot and travel the galaxy. Her mother, the director of the Mars Colony, derails Polly's plans when she sends Polly and her genius twin brother, Charles, to Galileo Academy on Earth—the one planet Polly has no desire to visit. Ever.
Homesick and cut off from her desired future, Polly cannot seem to fit into the constraints of life on Earth, unlike Charles, who deftly maneuvers around people and sees through their behavior to their true motives. Strange, unexplained, dangerous coincidences centered on their high-profile classmates begin piling up. Charles may be right—there's more going on than would appear, and the stakes are high. With the help of Charles, Polly is determined to find the truth, no matter the cost.
My review:
Carrie Vaughn has built a fantastic world where humans have
expanded into space and a subtle classism that has developed. Kind of like how
Americans feel when they go to Europe and see hundreds of years history made before
their own began. Polly & Charles are twins born and raised on Mars are
being sent to an exclusive school on Earth by their autocratic mother, the
director of the Mars Colony. Polly is devastated. She has dreams of becoming a
piolet. She has plans made. Charles will thrive anywhere he is a genius but all
Polly wants to do is learn to fly. They
go and have to learn how to deal with new places, new people and a great deal
more gravity. There is an us v. then attitude between the Earth bound students
and those that come from off planet. There is also a Snape like head mistress
who doesn’t like Polly at all. Then there are the accidents… Surprises and
adventure abound. Martians Abroad is a clean well written story that is
great for teens and adults alike.
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