The Mayflower Project

When I first heard that Everworld was ending, and Animorphs was ending, I was devastated. I found out that KA was starting another series. I got excited, until I found out the plot: An asteroid destroying earth. I can't say I wasn't dissapointed. I should've known better. I gave the book a try, and was amazed, excited, and sad by the end of the book. I was surprised. I've read other books in the series, and the series is more about what happens AFTER the asteroid destroys earth. This is a great follow-up series to Everworld & Animorphs. I can't say I won't miss them [Nothing made me happier, or gave me more excitement than reading a new Animorphs or Everworld book. Although I will say I liked Animorphs more] This first book in the series really makes you think about life. In less then 5 minutes, 6 billion lives are lost. This isn't a direct quote from the book, but it's the general idea said by one of the characters: 6 billion deaths doesn't really sink in until you realize that the dead are your friends, family, teachers, coaches, the lady at the Starbucks, the people you'd have given your last dollar to, people you only knew on TV, people you just see on the street. All of them. Gone. Makes you really appreciate life and realize how precious it is. A true eye-opener. I reccomend this book to almost anyone. Not anyone really young, of course, but you know what I mean. Even my mom enjoyed this book!

The end of the world is coming, and 80 lucky citizens are chosen to survive. When NASA discovers an asteroid that's miles in diameter will collide with Earth, everyone is scheduled to die. There is only a limited amount of time before the planet it hit, and practically everybody is treasuring it. It's amazing what people take for granted until the world is coming to an end. 14-year-old Jobs is one of the 80 humans to live. He will be put on a special shuttle that will be launched into space before the asteroid strikes. Then, Jobs will be placed in a berth and hooked up to tubes. These create hibernation technology in his body. Hibernation technology puts someone into a deep sleep., sort of like what bears do in the winter. When the tubes are unattached, Jobs will be living and breathing naturally again. The space ship is called The Mayflower and the entire mission is known as The Mayflower Project. Every little piece and part of this journey will be unexpected and it's guaranteed to be full of surprises. The night before take-off, Billy Weir, another rider, spoke to Jobs, and not in usual conversation form, either. Billy looked as if he was sleep walking or in a trance. Then, he said to Jobs, "You'll be there." Billy kept on repeating this phrase a few more times. He soon left Jobs to stare and wonder what he meant. On the day of launching, chaos breaks out near The Mayflower. People trying to stop them from leaving were unsuccessful, making The Mayflower able to blast off. When the ship is just barely past the Earth's atmosphere, terrorists strike. Two teenage brothers on board aren't in their berths and attack the crew. They kill the pilot and injure the commander. The younger sibling accidentally shoots himself and dies also. Jobs is awake and catches all the action through the transparent cover on his berth. He hesitates, then stops the other terrorist. Jobs gets out of the berth and tackles him. The terrorist is placed in the dead pilot's original berth, and left to sleep. With that problem under control, there is still trouble on the shuttle. Jobs is left with the duty of turning on sails that become the autopilot of The Mayflower. So he and Mo'Steele, his best friend on the space ship, go outside. Hanging in the galaxy, the duo quickly power the sails. They aren't fast enough. Before they're finished, the asteroid hits Earth. Both of the boys see this and are devastated. Every living soul is killed immediately and Earth is now officially extinct. Unsure of what will happen, Jobs, Billy Weir, and 76 other passengers continue their journey, not having a clue about the future.SETTING The setting is in the United States during the year 2011. Some of the specific locations mentioned were California (home of Jobs), Texas (home of Billy Weir), Colorado (where Jobs and Mo'Steele vacation), and Florida (where the space ship launch pad is). Towards the end, everything moves into outer space, since The Mayflower is

KA Applegate hase got to be one of the best Authers since Homer. Excellent, Excellent book. The world is ending and 80 people are chosen to board the Mayflower, an aging ship fitted with new technoligy, to embark on the stupidly desperate and utterly impossible mission of finding a new planet for the human race to rebuild it's civilization. Cliche? Not on your life. Even though the concept of of an asteroid wiping out the human race has been used over, and over again, Applegate has created a truely unique sseries that will go down in the hall of fame. The charactors are brilliant and different. Jobs is a computer nerd who has the great ability to work with machines, but often fails at interacting with humans. His best friend, Mo'Steel is a slightly crazy thrill seaker who is always looking for the next stupid risk. He earned his nickname by the metal used to replace several bones in his body that were destroyed in varius stunts. 2face was once a beautiful girl, nut massive burns dissfigured her face, creating a very interesting charater. Unlick Animorphs this series is very dark. Even though it is in the childeran's section and is very easy to read I would not recomend this series to anyone who get's nightmares easy (especially the second book, where things get VERY disturbing).

My son recently wrote the following mini-review:Remnants is the new series Animorphs' creator K.A. Applegate is working on. The year is 2011. A 76-mile-long asteroid is about to hit high-tech Earth. A "chip" of the asteroid strikes San Francisco, killing people by the thousands and shocking the many who were unaware that the world -- the population of people, plants, animals, insects, everything -- was doomed to devastation. Only eighty people can fit in the Mayflower, a ship built to escape Earth and put the passengers in hibernation. The Mayflower launches with zero days until impact of the asteroid, so beginning the long journey to find another place to colonize.

The year is 2011, and the revelation that no one believed is about to come true: Earth is going to be destroyed. No one wants to believe this knowledge. But it becomes very clear to all of humanity, and now it's widely known : Earth will never survive the asteroid that will ultimately collide with the planet, blowing everything apart and killing billions of lives, destroying every last trace of life on Earth. Jobs, a fourteen year old American who never believed the rumor just like everyone else,is one of the lucky eighty Earth escapees who will board on a primitive space shuttle called the Mayflower, a shuttle that will leave Earth before the impact so that humanity can continue. Together with his friend Mo' Steel and others, their journey begins - with light years ahead of them to soar into, and with the fleeting hope that they can continue the life -- and existence -- of the human race. But that will take light years, and the journey must begin. And Jobs's life is no longer the same. With the departure of Animorphs in May 2001, The Mayflower Project is the beginning of a dark new series that begins with a promise that is sure to replace the hearts of Animorphs fans everywhere. Though nothing can replace Animorphs, Remnants is a breathtaking new sci-fi series from the best-selling author K.A. Applegate that will always have surprises at every thrillingly dark new turn.