172 Hours on the Moon

172 Hours on the Moon

By Johan Harstad

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Grades 9 - 12Grade 6n/a5.377033
A terrifying thriller for young adult fans of The Martian and paranormal space adventure that will be devoured in one heart-pounding sitting.

It's been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA's unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space--and change their lives forever. It's the opportunity of a lifetime, but little do the teenagers know that something sinister is waiting for them on the desolate surface of the moon. And in the black vacuum of space...no one is coming to save them.

In this chilling adventure set in the most brutal landscape known to man, highly acclaimed Norwegian novelist Johan Harstad creates a vivid and frightening world of possibilities we can only hope never come true.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published on 5/21/2013
Binding: Paperback

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This book gave me nightmares. The good kind that scare you half to death. IT IS SO FREAKY. I read this book over and over again it was so good. The ending will suprise readers in the most gory and scary way possible I could not put it down. After you read this book you will have a deathly fear of DARK ALLEYS, THE MOON, DOPPLEGANGERS.

This story was a good story very realistic but a girl will face trouble on the moon will it be her Doppelganger or is it really herself? <3

this book was good but sense I don't like space this book is not for me

this book really deep in meaning and I love space so this book was perfect for me it was about nasa and 3 people who get chosento go to the moon and be part of this program

yaya but it wasn't that good

172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad is undoubtedly the best mystery/thriller novel I have ever read. This 355 page Sci-Fi thriller depicts three teenagers, and their once in a lifetime opportunity of setting foot on the moon.This book starts off in the year 2019, nearly a decade after the last moon mission NASA sent. In the last ten years, alien signals have been emanating from the moon leading NASA to launch another mission. But this time, 3 teenagers have been chosen for the mission of their lifetime. The three teenagers have high hopes for the trip, but little do they know that a mysterious alien form is waiting for them on the moon. It is the opportunity of a lifetime if they make it back alive. Johan Harstad does a very good job of describing the setting of the book. It makes the reader feel as if he or she is the main character.I would recommend this book to anybody that loves books that are mysterious and make the hair on a person's back stand up.