Book
172 hours on the moon : a novel / by Johan Harstad ; translation by Tara F. Chace. --
In 2019, teens Mia, Antoine, and Midori are selected by lottery to join experienced astronauts on a NASA mission to the once top-secret moon base, DARLAH 2, while in a Florida nursing home, a former astronaut struggles to warn someone of the terrible danger there.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316182893 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780316182898 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 351 p. : ill.
- Edition: 1st U.S. pbk. ed. --
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013, c2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translation of: Darlah. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 10.00 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Fiction. Astronauts > Fiction. Space flight to the moon > Fiction. Moon > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Science fiction. |
Johan Harstad won the 2008 Norwegian Brage Award in the young adult/children's literature category for 172 Hours on the Moon. He has also written several novels for adults, including Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?, a Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2011 book, which has been published in thirteen countries; four plays; a collection of short stories; and a prose collection. He has been described as "one of the most important [Scandinavian] authors to emerge in the early years of this century." He lives in Oslo, Norway.
