John Adams - Space Cadet and The Mars Station Incident - Byron F. Abrams Book Review

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"John Adams and Katy Walls fly from the Earth to the moon, and then on to Mars, to help combat a group of pirates that are trying to take over the Mars Station. The pirates meanwhile, on a base outside the Mars Station jurisdiction, have stolen some new weapons, and are installing them on their ships to assualt the station. John and Katy have to get the shields beefed up to withstand the assualt. Will they be in time?"
Harriet Stoutenbourough, Resident Byron F. Abrams Scholar

"This is the story of a newly graduated Space Cadet, and his backup as they try to stop the pirates from taking over the Mars Station. John and Katy get in and out of trouble on their way to Mars. Once there it's a toss-up as to who is going to control the Mars Station, John and Katy, or the pirates."
Byron F. Abrams, Resident Byron F. Abrams Scholar

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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%

Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - unraveling a conspiracy
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
If enemy is a group... - pirate band

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - thief/con artist
Eccentric: - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Planet surface, need spacesuit - Asteroid
Which planet? - Mars
Not Earth, in Solar System? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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