172 Hours on the Moon - Brossura

Harstad, Johan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0316182893 ISBN 13: 9780316182898

Casa editrice: Little Brown & Co, 2013

Riassunto

In 2019, Mia, Antoine, and Midori are selected by lottery to join astronauts on a NASA mission to the moon base, DARLAH 2, while in a Florida nursing home, a former astronaut struggles to warn someone of the danger there.

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A 2013 YALSA Teens Top Ten NomineeDagbaldet's Best Norwegian YA Novel of All Time

"Scandinavian thriller meets sci-fi horror movie."―VOYA

"This irresistible premise is often intoxicating and occasionally downright terrifying.... pretty darn effective."―Booklist

"Imaginative.... Well-crafted suspense.... Interesting and original."―Kirkus Reviews

"Harstad combines the perfectly paced creepiness of classic Twilight Zone episodes with Battlestar Galactica's chilling portrayal of the vast, unknowable emptiness of space."―Romantic Times

"Creepy and bleak, Harstad's story is both psychologically and atmospherically disturbing."―Publishers Weekly

"Original, creepy, intense... 172 Hours is page-turning sci-fi that will stay with readers long after the shocking and heartbreaking conclusion."―School Library Journal

"A fascinating, suspense-filled novel that keeps the reader guessing until the end."―Library Media Connection

L'autore:

Johan Harstad won the 2008 Norwegian Brage Award in the young adult/children's literature category for 172 Hours on the Moon. He has also written several novels for adults, including Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?, a Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2011 book, which has been published in thirteen countries; four plays; a collection of short stories; and a prose collection. He has been described as "one of the most important [Scandinavian] authors to emerge in the early years of this century." He lives in Oslo, Norway.

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• Editore: Little Brown & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0316182893
• ISBN 13: 9780316182898
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 351