Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Can't Wait Wednesday #17: Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. My book this week is going to be part one of a duology, at least at this point that is what the plan says.  It's a YA science fiction type of story, and I like it because once in awhile I think I might like to be one of the people who gets to go on a spaceship to be a first person settling another planet, or even just traveling on the spaceship to explore the universe.  Here is the blurb from Goodreads:


THE RULES ARE SIMPLE: You must be gifted. You must be younger than twenty-five. You must be willing to accept the dangers that you will face if you win.

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Gupta’s entire life has been leading up to this—the opportunity to travel to space. But to secure a spot on this classified mission, she must first compete against the best and brightest people on the planet. People who are as determined as she to win a place on a journey to the farthest reaches of the universe. 

Cassie is ready for the toll that the competition will take; the rigorous mental and physical tests designed to push her to the brink of her endurance. But nothing could have prepared her for the bonds she would form with the very people she hopes to beat. Or that with each passing day it would be more and more difficult to ignore the feeling that the true objective of the mission is being kept from her.

As the days until the launch tick down and the stakes rise higher than ever before, only one thing is clear to Cassie: she’ll never back down . . . even if it costs her everything.


So, what do you think?  Does it sound like a good one to you?  Almost like a Survivor competition in order to get to be one of the pioneers of space.  What book are you eagerly awaiting this week?