WORST CASE SCENARIO: MARS, by Hena Khan et. al

The story: there are lots of choices you can make to help yourself survive as a member of a colony on the surface of Mars. Choose wisely, and you'll end up a hero, on your way back home to Earth with bragging rights. Mess up, and you'll find yourself stranded. Or dead. What will happen in YOUR worst-case scenario?

June Cleaver’s ratings: Language G; Nudity G; Sexual Content G; Violence PG; Substance Abuse G; Magic & the Occult G; GLBT Content G; Adult Themes G; overall rating G.

Liz's opinion: I thought this was pretty engaging--enough so that I went through and followed several of the scenarios through to the end. More than one ended up with "you" dead on the surface of the planet, or just having a ho-hum existence during your time there. Make all the right choices, though, and you end up a hero. The mission handbook at the back is full of information that helps readers make good choices so they don't end up dead TOO often...but even if they do, they can always back it up and go a different way. Good for boys, or anyone who's not so bound by linear thinking that they just HAVE to read a book straight through! There are several others in the series, including Everest, Amazon, and Deadly Seas.