# Project Hail Mary

**Author:** Andy Weir
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**First published:** 2021
**Page count:** 496
**Genre:** Science Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780593135204`
**ISBN-10:** `0593135202`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/project-hail-mary
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Themes

- survival
- science and problem solving
- friendship
- sacrifice
- first contact

## Content notes

- mild language

## Where this book is recommended

### Battle of the Books (state reading programs)

- **recommended** · 9th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2023-2024 list](https://ncslma.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/HBOB/2023-24%20Corrected%20HBOB%20Final%20List.docx.pdf)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2023-2024 list](https://ncslma.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/HBOB/2023-24%20Corrected%20HBOB%20Final%20List.docx.pdf)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2023-2024 list](https://ncslma.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/HBOB/2023-24%20Corrected%20HBOB%20Final%20List.docx.pdf)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA High School Battle of the Books — official 2023-2024 list](https://ncslma.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/HBOB/2023-24%20Corrected%20HBOB%20Final%20List.docx.pdf)

### Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers — official past winners/nominees roll (Georgia Library Media Association)](https://sites.google.com/view/ga-peach-book-award-for-teens/past-winnersnominees)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers — official past winners/nominees roll (Georgia Library Media Association)](https://sites.google.com/view/ga-peach-book-award-for-teens/past-winnersnominees)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers — official past winners/nominees roll (Georgia Library Media Association)](https://sites.google.com/view/ga-peach-book-award-for-teens/past-winnersnominees)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers — official past winners/nominees roll (Georgia Library Media Association)](https://sites.google.com/view/ga-peach-book-award-for-teens/past-winnersnominees)

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