About the book
Alma draws everything she sees. Leo never goes anywhere without his stuffed dog, Comet. Noa is growing the very first sunflower on the Moon. They live at Artemis Base Camp, the first human home on the lunar surface, near the Moon's South Pole, with their families, an international crew and four hard-working robots.
Each of the twelve short chapters turns one real piece of lunar science into an adventure. The kids chase Comet when he floats up to the ceiling, wait four whole days for the Sun to come back, count the seconds a message takes to reach Earth, hide from a solar storm and 3D print the part that fixes the base. It reads like recess, and the science comes along for the ride.
Real Moon science in every chapter
A few of the ideas young readers meet at Base Camp.
Low gravity
On the Moon you weigh about one sixth of your weight on Earth, so a small push sends things floating.
Long days and nights
Near the South Pole the Sun skims the horizon and can disappear for days at a time.
Water from ancient ice
Frozen water hides in dark craters where sunlight never reaches, and the base turns it into water and oxygen.
Footprints that last
With no wind or rain, a footprint in the Moon dust can stay for a very, very long time.
- Publisher
- Mountain Mill Editorial
- Series
- Moon Kids
- Languages
- English, Ukrainian, Spanish, German