Overview
Based on the hilarious Amazon Original movie starring Emma Roberts, this is a feel-good comedy about chasing your dreams--no matter how far they may lead you. Since she was a kid, whip-smart self-starter Rex Simpson has always dreamed of outer space. The biggest champion of her starry aspirations had been her mother, but after her mother's death, Rex's life remained decidedly more earthbound. But enough is enough. She refuses to let her limited education and complete lack of scientific expertise hold her back any longer. With the enthusiastic encouragement of her best friend, she applies for NASA's astronaut training program--and gets in. Rex makes both fast friends and bitter enemies with her fellow astronaut candidates (or AsCans), and her instincts, quick wits, and moxie instantly make her a top trainee. But with program administrators closing in on Rex's true identity, can Rex prove that an ex-bartender and sometimes alligator wrestler may just be what NASA needs?
Full Product Details
Author: Liz W Garcia ,
Astrid Carlen-Helmer ,
Justis Bolding
Publisher: Recorded Books
Imprint: Recorded Books
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798228351257
Publication Date: 16 May 2025
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Astrid Carlen-Helmer is a TV writer specializing in YA genre and animation, with a very special place in her heart for fantasy and gripping mysteries. Astrid combines her passion for writing flawed and complex female characters with a love for magical realism. Born and raised in France, Astrid trained as a writer and director at the London Film School, from which she holds an MA in filmmaking. She also holds a BA in film studies and another one in modern literature. She wrote and directed the short film Besides That, Life is Grand (OFFICIAL SELECTION, Short Stop Intl Film Fest, 2016, Lone Star Film Festival, 2016), and then started her career as a film editor in Los Angeles, editing features such as Speaking in Tongues (OFFICIAL SELECTION, Austin Film Festival, 2018). She went on to become a creative executive for blackpills, a digital media studio where she was able to channel her passion for young-adult content by developing a slate of shows (Bonding, Netflix) with partners like Anonymous Content, Pulse Films, Adaptive Studios. Astrid was then hired as the head of development of a French/American production company, in order to tell multicultural stories for a global audience, like The Chef in a Truck (Netflix/Wild Bunch). Astrid is an alum of the 2020 WOMEN IN ANIMATION MENTORING PROGRAM. Her YA animated fantasy project, Ambrosantia was optioned by the French, Newen Studios-based production label ""Aux Singuliers"". She is author of The Demon King's Interpreter, a YA romance fantasy novel for an online platform. Justis Bolding was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She is an American actress known for her role as Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live (2007-2009).
