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In the Young Readers Edition of The Martian Classroom-appropriate languageDiscussion questions and activitiesQ&A with Andy Weir Six days ago astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.|Andy Weir built a two-decade career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel The Martian allowed him to live out his dream of writing full-time. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of such subjects as relativistic physics orbital mechanics and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California.|In the Young Readers Edition of The Martian: Classroom-appropriate languageDiscussion questions and activitiesQ&A with Andy Weir Six days ago astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive – and even if he could get word out his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are though he won't have time to starve to death. Damaged machinery the unforgiving environment or plain old human error are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity his engineering skills and a relentless dogged refusal to quit he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?|Andy Weir's masterpiece!|Watney's gallows humour and his brushes with death as he uses every ounce of his intelligence and astronaut's training to claw his way out of the pit will have you laughing and gasping by turns. I read this book in a weekend. I didn't think I'd have the time to - but Andy Weir's edge-of-the-seat storytelling didn't leave me any choice.|Andy Weir's terrific 'lost in space' novel is an absolute page turner from first to last ... Tautly-written full of extraordinary and fascinating detail about life in a frozen red desert so far from home The Martian is one of the best thrillers either of us has read in years. Highly recommended.|The best book I've read in ages. Clear your schedule before you crack the seal. This story will take your breath away faster than a hull breech. Smart funny and white-knuckle intense The Martian is everything you want from a novel.