Love, Ish

Mischa "Ish" Love's celestial-sized dreams for a future on Mars go heartbreakingly awry when her best friend moves away and an unexpected medical diagnosis threatens to rewrite her future.

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.