Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Crater: A helium-3 novel

Crater: A helium-3 novel by Homer Hickam is an exciting, fast-paced young adult science fiction novel.  It is about 16 year-old Crater who lives on the moon and is employed as a helium-3 miner.  The novel is full of wonderful scientific and technological facts about the moon and what life there might be like.  Crater is a smart, honest, good-hearted boy who grows up fast when he is assigned a dangerous mission, vital to the future of life on the moon.  If you love science fiction like I do, this is a great novel for you!