I always get a bit uncertain when the main character is too young that it's going to be too much of a children's book for me to enjoy, but so far this book is a good read. I wonder how much it's inspired by other science fiction as the idea itself so far doesn't seem that original, but it's well written and the environment is described well. It leaves off on an interesting note with the main character going into stasis so I am intrigued to see how the rest of the story is written.