Project Mercury

Name: Project Mercury
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ronald L. Smith
ISBN: 9780063318588

Author: Ronald L. Smith

Narrator: Nile Bullock

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 08/06/2024

Categories: Children's Fiction, Science Fiction Stories, Children's Social Themes, Children's Military

Synopsis

Ike Pressure is an Army brat.Which, if you ask him, is not an insult.His mom’s new job is in Mercury, Nevada, on a secretive military base close to Area 51. What’s more, his childhood friend, Eesha Webb, and her family are about to move there too.Spoiler alert: Ike and Eesha aren’t really best buds, even though their parents think so. They used to play together when they were little kids, but now she's more like his nemesis. Still, it’s clear to both of them that something mysterious is happening on the base—but what could it be?Eesha is convinced it has to do with aliens, but Ike isn’t so sure.What they don’t know is that the stakes are actually much higher than they could have imagined—and Ike’s mom might be in more danger than she has ever faced. Will Ike and Eesha be able to get over their differences and work together to unravel the secrets of Project Mercury?

About Ronald L. Smith

Ronald L. Smith is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award–winning author of several novels for young readers, including Hoodoo, The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, Gloom Town, Project Mercury, and the Black Panther: The Young Prince series. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. To learn more, visit strangeblackflowers.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on January 03, 2025

This book immediately caught my eye during my library browsing, and I'm glad I picked it up! Sci-fi rooted in a contemporary setting, this was a cool experience of military kid life crossed with some really fun stuff. I can't say much without spoilers, but clever kids, low-tech and high-tech gadgets......more

Goodreads review by SOYAMRG on January 04, 2025

This science fiction adventure begins with Ike Pressure getting to know his new home in Mercury, Nevada, where his mother is working a secretive job on the military base. He isn't as excited as his parents think when he learns an old friend, Eesha, will also be moving there with her family. The two......more

Goodreads review by Kelsey on November 02, 2024

Goodreads review by Brandy on January 10, 2025

I received this book as a giveaway. It was a cute story but as with most time travel stories the plot didn't make a whole lot of sense. I kept thinking that some things would get explained but before anything did the book ended. It did answer one question though...the Detroit Lions will never win a......more

Goodreads review by Fran on February 01, 2025

I loved so many things about this book! Why wasn’t it a Newbery contender???......more