Redworld: Year One

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Belle Song and her family are aliens on a new world. The Songs came to Mars to seek a new life, but living on the red planet isn't easy. The land is rough. The people are strange. The weather is unpredictable, and water is always in short supply. However, adventure is never far away. Belle adapts to her new life on Mars, faces dangerous Water Raiders, explores wondrous ancient sites, and has other amazing adventures on Redworld. From the rich imagination of author A.J. Collins comes a fantastic sci-fi western story of growing up on the Martian plains. AGES: 9 to 14 AUTHOR: A.L. Collins learned a lot about writing from her teachers at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. She has always loved reading science fiction stories about other worlds and strange aliens. She enjoys creating and writing about new worlds, as well as envisioning what the future might look like. Since writing Redworld, she has collected a map of Mars that hangs in her living room and a rotating model of the red planet, which sits on her desk. When not writing, Collins enjoys spending her spare time reading and playing board games with her family. She lives near Seattle, Washington with her husband and five dogs. SELLING POINTS: Features accessible and diverse characters that young readers can identify with Science fiction story full of sci-fi elements will keep readers' interest as the characters experience new locations and adventures in a new world

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Inventive and highly entertaining. . . .Redworld is fun, unique, and well plotted, with interesting characters and dangerous adventures that make it difficult to put down. Subtle lessons about creating a sustainable environment and learning to see past superficial differences heighten its appeal.-- "Foreword Reviews"
On the surface, Collins crafts a Martian action-adventure story, complete with water raiders, hybrid animals, and trips to the bustling capital city. Underlying themes of racial acceptance and environmental impact are inescapably heavy-handed, although doled out with restraint. . . .An opening gallery brings the Song family and their friends to life, and each part of Belle's journey is prefaced with superb illustrations of exploits to come. A commendable effort that embeds racial tension, geopolitics, and environmental issues in an action-packed Martian adventure.-- "Kirkus Reviews"

Author Bio

A.L. Collins learned a lot about writing from her teachers at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. She has always loved reading science fiction stories about other worlds and strange aliens. She enjoys creating and writing about new worlds, as well as envisioning what the future might look like. Since writing Redworld, she has collected a map of Mars that hangs in her living room and a rotating model of the red planet, which sits on her desk. When not writing, Collins enjoys spending her spare time reading and playing board games with her family. She lives near Seattle, Washington with her husband and five dogs. Tomislav Tikulin was born in Zagreb, Croatia. Tikulin has extensive experience creating digital artwork for book covers, posters, DVD jackets, and production design illustrations. Tomislav especially enjoys illustrating tales of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, which he does for a wide range of publishers including Solaris Books, PS Publishing, Subterranean Press, Cemetery Dance Publications, and several others. His illustrations have also appeared in several magazines including Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, and Analog Science Fiction & Fact. Tomislav is proud to say that his artwork has graced the covers of many sci-fi and fantasy books including Larry Niven's The Ringworld Engineers, Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama, and Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine (50th anniversary edition).