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Apollo's Outcasts (2012)

by Allen Steele(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1616146869 (ISBN13: 9781616146863)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Prometheus Books

review 1: As someone who works for the space program, I really appreciated the amount of effort the author put into making all the tech plausible. I hate reading near-future space opera that fixes all the issues of spaceflight with unexplained "magic science". This book felt relatively well researched and everything was presented in a such a way that it's very digestible to a YA audience without being overwhelming. I would have devoured this book as a teen or preteen.
review 2: This was recommended to me by a friend and I finished it in two sittings. I liked the idea of it, a boy born on the moon who then grows up (to age 16) on earth. His bones are never strong enough to bear his weight on earth so he is always in something like a wheelchair. But going back to moon ... moremakes living a 'normal' life possible for him - he just stands up and walks and runs with no building up of muscles or anything. That wasn't quite believable to me.It is set in the future and things have new or shortened names to make it seem more 'techy' or futuristic. Sometimes it works and sometimes it seems like it tries too hard. The hardest thing was that I never felt like the kids (outcasts) were the age they were. The way they were written in the story made them seem much younger to me.It is for middle grade so I think young people looking for a space adventure with a bit of danger and intrigue would enjoy it. less

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