Losers in Space

by John Barnes

Hardcover, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Collection

Publication

Viking Juvenile (2012), Hardcover, 384 pages

Description

In 2029, hoping to bypass the exams and training that might lead to a comfortable life, Susan, her almost-boyfriend Derlock, and seven fellow students stow away on a ship to Mars, unaware that Derlock is a sociopath with bigger plans.

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LibraryThing member Fledgist
In the year 2167 a group of high school (more or less) "moes", trying to become socially relevant, stow away on a space ship to Mars. Then they find that life has become VERY real VERY fast. This is a wonderful story with some pretty good characters and neat twists.
LibraryThing member lilibrarian
In the near future, nobody works. Everybody receives enough to live on, and if you want more, you need some form of celebrity. A group of self-styled losers, children of celebrities, need to make their own fame. To do so, they stowaway on a Mars bound spaceship. It's a lark, until they realize that
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one of their number is truly dangerous.
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Physical description

384 p.

ISBN

0670061565 / 9780670061563

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