Imagine being stuck on Mars by yourself. This is what Andy Weir wrote about. This novel is about NASA astronaut Mark Watney who was left on Mars by his crew. He has to live on Mars in harsh conditions and has to create food and water on a different planet. This is extremely dangerous and hard. Back on Earth, NASA thinks that Mark is dead but the changes to the living space on Mars says differently. They soon learn that he is still alive and question what to do. They start to communicate with Watney and tells the crew that left him behind. The crew heads back to Mars but was it too late?
I really liked this book because it made it sound like a non-fiction novel because it is in a journal form and is very personal and has funny lines. I also liked this book because it included how he learned skills to make water, because he is a botanist and mechanical engineer. I also liked how we did not know his past because this book is all about the present and to look forward not look back. I really liked the suspense of it because you would not know if he would make it out or not.
Review Written by Twyla, 9th Grade