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    The Curse of Mars
    The Curse of Mars
    The Curse of Mars
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    The Curse of Mars

    By Raymond Bean and Matthew Vimislik

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    Starr and her family are on their way to Mars to be the first humans to ever visit the red planet. But they’re not alone—they’re taking a group of space tourists with them. Visiting Mars is hard enough when it’s freezing cold, has no oxygen, and is millions of miles from Earth, but then Starr finds out the other kids on board don’t speak English.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateAug 1, 2016
    ISBN9781496536235
    The Curse of Mars
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    Raymond Bean

    Raymond Bean has always dreamed of writing books. Born in Queens, NY, Bean is a fourth-grade teacher, in addition to being the author of the wildly funny middle grade book series: Sweet Farts. Prior to teaching and writing, he worked in TV and film production. Now also a husband and father, he enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, writing, and laughing as much as possible. He currently resides in New York.

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      The Curse of Mars - Raymond Bean

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      INTRODUCTION

      My name is Starr. I’m just like every other ten-year-old girl I know, with one major difference: I live in space.

      You see, my mom is a world-class astronaut, scientist, and all-around super-genius. She was chosen to be the first person to move her entire family to space. Now she’s not just my mom, she’s also in charge of the world’s most advanced space station.

      Dad is a documentary filmmaker. He’s making a movie about our family being the first family to ever live in space. It’s not like we’re actors or anything. He just films us doing our everyday stuff such as eating, playing, and brushing our teeth.

      I have a thirteen-year-old brother named Apollo. He thinks he’s cooler than winter.

      Cosmo is my super-cute five-year-old brother. If you ask me, he is cooler than winter. We call him Cozzie for short.

      We’re helping lead the new world of space tourism so that people can take vacations to space. I like to call them space-cations.

      The head of the entire space program is Mrs. Sosa. She’s my mom’s boss. Her granddaughter, Tia, and I work together. Tia trains kids on Earth to get them ready for space. I help them with life in space once they’re on the station.

      My best friend, Allison, thinks I’ll forget all about her now that I live in space, but just because I live in space doesn’t mean I don’t need my best friend.

      I may be a regular girl, but my life is completely out of this world!

      Chapter 1

      PANIC AND FEAR

      I was in my pod, looking out into space and trying to get a better look at Mars. My phone buzzed and I tapped the screen to answer. I grabbed hold of a stabilizer bar to keep my balance. Floating in zero gravity can be tricky!

      Hey, Allison, I said. Allison and I talk all the time, even though she’s on Earth, and I was in our space station approaching Mars. Normally, it would take about six minutes for the phone signal to reach Earth from where we were, but Professor Will invented an amazing new phone system so we can make calls just as we would on Earth. Professor Will is great — his job is to build whatever machines we might need to help us with our missions in space.

      Hey! Are you there yet? she asked.

      Not yet, and it feels like we’ve been traveling forever, I said. I wasn’t exaggerating either. We’d been traveling for weeks on our way to visit and explore Mars.

      When do you think you’ll get there? Allison asked.

      Mom said we’ll get there today, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

      Cozzie, my little brother, zipped into my room on his cruiser. Starr! Did you see it?

      Hey, Cozzie! Allison called.

      Cozzie put his face up super-close to the screen and said, Hi, Allison! I wish you could see it too! He pointed outside my pod.

      "Deimos! I shouted. Finally! We’re here!"

      What? Allison asked.

      Outside the pod, I said. I turned my phone around so she could see. "It’s Deimos, one of Mars’s moons. It has two moons: Deimos and Phobos."

      That’s so weird! she exclaimed.

      My phone buzzed. I had another call coming in. Tia’s calling, I said to

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