Love, Ish

A young dreamer's Mars-bound future is threatened by a life-altering diagnosis. Can she find a way to survive and thrive?

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Twelve-year-old Mischa 'Ish' Love dreams of Mars, feeling an unshakeable connection to the red planet. Her intelligence and humor are her tools for survival, but when an unexpected diagnosis shatters her plans, Ish faces a new challenge. Can she navigate this unforeseen path and still reach for the stars? As her world shifts, Ish must find strength in herself and her team, questioning what it truly means to be a survivor. Will her dreams of Mars remain just dreams, or can she rewrite her future?

From the publisher

My name is Mischa “Ish” Love, and I am twelve years old. I know quite a lot about Mars. Mars is where I belong. Do you know how sometimes you just know a thing? My mom says that falling in love is like that, that the first time she saw Dad, she just knew. That’s how I feel about Mars: I just know. I’m smart and interesting and focused, and I’m working on getting along better with people. I’ll learn some jokes. A sense of humor is going to be important. It always is. That’s what my dad always says. Maybe jokes will be the things that will help us all to survive. Not just me, because there’s no “me” in “team,” right? This is about all of us. Together. What makes me a survivor? Mars is going to make me a survivor. You’ll see. * In Karen Rivers’s riveting new novel, Ish’s dreams for a future on Mars go heartbreakingly awry when an unexpected diagnosis threatens to rewrite her whole future.

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