The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) has announced that the book for their April 7, 2024 “Tween Primes” book club for ages 10-17 will be Mathical Honor Book In the Red by Christopher Swiedler. This is an online event register at momath.org/tween-primes.
From MoMath:
Are you a budding mathematician between the ages of 10 and 17 who loves math and reading?
Join MoMath’s Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ingrid Daubechies, this Sunday, April 7, at 4:30 pm, for this month’s Tween Primes, the MoMath book club for tweens and teens, featuring a discussion of In the Red — and a special guest appearance by the author, Christopher Swiedler!
In the Red is a harrowing, pulse-pounding story about the race for survival on a future Mars. Michael Prasad knows he shouldn’t go out on the Mars surface alone. It’s dangerous. His parents have forbidden it. And the anxiety he feels almost every time he puts on a spacesuit makes it nearly impossible for him to leave the safety of the colony. But when his best friend, Lilith, suggests they sneak out one night, he can’t resist the chance to prove everyone — including himself — wrong. As the two ride along the Mars surface in a stolen rover, miles from the colony, a massive solar flare hits the planet, knocking out power, communication, and navigation systems, and the magnetic field that protects the planet from the sun’s deadly radiation.
Tween Primes is hosted by Ingrid Daubechies, MoMath’s 2023-2024 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics.
Register for free at tweenprimes.momath.org.