The Boy from Mars by Robert DeLaurentis

The year is 2086.  The Mars Station, a cold and colorless interior city of ten thousand on the Red Planet is ruled by a ruthless Governor bent on creating a future dedicated solely to scientific advancement.  The population includes several hundred children, all of whom have been genetically designed…except for one. Fifteen year old Thomas Knight was the last child born on Earth and sent to Mars as an infant to escape the floods that ravaged the planet.  He leads a dull existence on the claustrophobic Station, and lives for the nights when he sneaks out of the segregated Boys' Quarters to break into the Artifacts Museum, where he can feed his obsession with all things Earth-related.  Finding an old Webster's Dictionary, he collects mysterious words that form a portrait of the magical planet of his birth.

One night, Thomas encounters an older settler who informs him that he is the heart of a bold mission, conceived by the father he has never known...to save the planet he has never seen.

"Original and fast-paced, this electric fantasy debut has suspense and scope! I can't wait for another novel from Robert DeLaurentis."
—Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7's

"This action-packed epic is full of characters whose adventures across space and time are rivaled only by their incredible hearts."
—Aaron Hertzler, award-winning author of Rapture Practice and What We Saw

"A high-octane romp through past and present on a teenage boy's mission to save the Earth, if not the future itself."
—John Stephens, New York Times bestselling author of The Books of Beginning series

"Vibrant backdrops and stellar characters animate a worthwhile science fiction romp." 
—Kirkus Reviews