So every moon landing mission – which includes Apollo 13 as a huge government cover-up – encountered these doppelgangers hanging out on the moon waiting to kill everyone.

“Gentlemen, what if we send some teenagers up there?” And in the black vastness of space, NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE THEM.” Plot Holes Big Enough to Drive a Lunar Rover Through (SPOILERS AHEAD)

“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime… but little do they know that something sinister is waiting for them on the dark side of the moon. I think Midori was totally underutilized. She’s most excited to go to the moon because she wants to snag Buzz Adrin’s boots that he left on the moon 40 years ago to wear back to Harajuku. Midori: A 14-year-old Japanese girl who escapes her strict family by hanging out in Harajuku and dressing Gothic and Lolita style. And he apparently likes Mia, because he likes to be in close proximity to her (there is absolutely no chemistry between them). This is all we ever really know about Antoine. What, you’ve never heard of the Talking Heads?Īntoine: A 17-year-old French boy who spends his days spying on his ex-girlfriend through a viewing machine on the Eiffel Tower. In an effort to be different and cool, she listens to the Talking Heads. Mia: A 15-year-old Norwegian who wants to be a famous rock star. It isn’t, and not only that, there seems to be other people on the moon with them… Character Rundown: Then they land on the moon, and everything goes to hell in a handbasket.Įveryone has assumed that equipment built or left on the moon for 40 years is going to be in perfect, working condition. Even before the mission begins there are some strange happenings. Also, there’s a base called DARLAH-2 that no one knows about, but the plan to distract people from this is to hold a lottery to select three very lucky teenagers who will travel to the moon for 172 hours. Summary: It’s the year 2019, and the powers that be want to return to the moon, ostensibly to mine some rare mineral, but also to investigate something that happened during the Apollo 13 mission.

When a librarian on the YALSA listserv said this was too scary for them to read, I knew I immediately would have to read it… luckily I had an ARC from the publisher in my stash!

172 hours on the moon by johan harstad