Visit the most popular planet in the solar system (after Earth).
Find out if there's life on Mars.
Go dune-buggy racing.
Enjoy the red sand and the red sky!
All in a trip to Mars your perfect holiday in 2050 possibly.

• Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language with some challenging vocabulary

• Text type - A persuasive text.

• A pictorial glossary is provided on pages 22 and 23 encouraging discussion and reinforcement of technical terms.

• Curriculum links - Numeracy: Space shape and measure; Science: Forces and movement; Geography: Contrast with the local area.

• This book is paired with a story on the same theme: Star Boy's Surprise by Jana Hunter.

• This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.