Life on Mars - Hardcover

"The friendship between Arty and Cash is both preposterous and completely believable. Ultimately "Life on Mars" isn't about making connections to other planets so much as making them across the street." --Kurtis Scaletta, author of "Mudville" and "Jinxed!"

"[A] cheerful story about family and growing up. Brown conveys Arty's observations and growth with wit, insight, and emotional honesty, and the numerous factoids about the cosmos should entice budding astronomers and neophytes alike." --"Publishers Weekly"

"Will please middle graders seeking a funny story about a kid who loves outer space." --"School Library Journal"

"The friendship between Arty and Cash is both preposterous and completely believable. Ultimately "Life on Mars" isn't about making connections to other planets so much as making them across the street." --Kurtis Scaletta, author of "Mudville" and "Jinxed!"

Praise for "Hate List
"--"Publishers Weekly" starred review
--"School Library Journal" starred review; 2009 Best Books List
--"VOYA" perfect 10 review
--ALA: Selected as one of their three picks for 2009 Great Stories Book Club
--2010 Capitol Choices List
--ALA/YALSA 2010 Teens' Top Ten List
--YALSA's 2012 Popular Paperbacks List
--NYPL "Books for the Teen Age"

Praise for "Bitter End
"--ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults

The friendship between Arty and Cash is both preposterous and completely believable. Ultimately "Life on Mars" isn't about making connections to other planets so much as making them across the street.--Kurtis Scaletta, author of MUDVILLE and JINXED!

[A] cheerful story about family and growing up. Brown conveys Arty's observations and growth with wit, insight, and emotional honesty, and the numerous factoids about the cosmos should entice budding astronomers and neophytes alike. "Publishers Weekly"

Space fans will appreciate the nifty little bits of information tucked in throughout the novel and in the end matter, but the likeliest audience is realistic fiction fans who love tales of transcendent old/young friendships. "BCCB"

Will please middle graders seeking a funny story about a kid who loves outer space. "School Library Journal"

The friendship between Arty and Cash is both preposterous and completely believable. Ultimately "Life on Mars" isn't about making connections to other planets so much as making them across the street. Kurtis Scaletta, author of MUDVILLE and JINXED!"

[A] cheerful story about family and growing up. Brown conveys Arty's observations and growth with wit, insight, and emotional honesty, and the numerous factoids about the cosmos should entice budding astronomers and neophytes alike. Publishers Weekly

Space fans will appreciate the nifty little bits of information tucked in throughout the novel and in the end matter, but the likeliest audience is realistic fiction fans who love tales of transcendent old/young friendships. BCCB

Will please middle graders seeking a funny story about a kid who loves outer space. School Library Journal

The friendship between Arty and Cash is both preposterous and completely believable. Ultimately Life on Mars isn't about making connections to other planets so much as making them across the street. Kurtis Scaletta, author of MUDVILLE and JINXED!

"[A] cheerful story about family and growing up. Brown conveys Arty's observations and growth with wit, insight, and emotional honesty, and the numerous factoids about the cosmos should entice budding astronomers and neophytes alike." --Publishers Weekly

"Space fans will appreciate the nifty little bits of information tucked in throughout the novel and in the end matter, but the likeliest audience is realistic fiction fans who love tales of transcendent old/young friendships." --BCCB

"Will please middle graders seeking a funny story about a kid who loves outer space." --School Library Journal

"The friendship between Arty and Cash is both preposterous and completely believable. Ultimately Life on Mars isn't about making connections to other planets so much as making them across the street." --Kurtis Scaletta, author of MUDVILLE and JINXED!

Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers comes from a family of stargazers and his quest to find life on other planets is unstoppable.

But when Arty's family announces they're moving to Las Vegas, the City of Lights threatens to put an end to his stargazing dreams forever—especially when he has to stay with his scary next door neighbor while his parents look for a house. As it turns out, "Mr. Death" isn't terrifying at all—he's actually Cash Maddox, a bonafide astronaut! But when Cash falls ill, will Arty find the courage to complete his mission by himself? And might he actually prove, once and for all, that there is life on Mars?

For fans of Frank Cottrell Boyce's Cosmic and Jack Gantos's Dead End in Norvelt comes a heartwarming story of true friendship—earthly or otherwise.