A Rover's Story

A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga (Harper Collins, 2022) is a middle-grade science fiction adventure that follows a Mars rover on its journey from first awareness to Mars and back. The book was an instant New York Times bestseller and a 2022 best book of the year for The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, and IndiGo. Warga is the author of several books for middle-grade and teen readers, including the award-winning titles Other Words For Home and The Shape of Thunder. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art history, and after graduation, she taught sixth-grade science, which inspired her to begin writing stories for middle graders. She currently resides in Chicago and teaches in the MFA program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

This guide follows the 2022 Harper Collins edition of A Rover’s Story.

Plot Summary

A Rover’s Story follows Resilience, a Mars rover, from the moment he becomes aware of his existence. As a robot, Resilience should not experience human emotions. However, as he learns and grows fond of the scientists in his lab, he begins to incorporate human emotions into his vocabulary and perception, often imparting this capacity to the other robots he interacts with.