Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429912537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This is the seminal novel of a young man's education as a member of an elite, paternalistic non-military organization of leaders dedicated to preserving human civilization, the Solar Patrol, a provocative parallel to Heinlein's famous later novel, Starship Troopers (which is about the military). Only the best and brightest--the strongest and the most courageous--ever manage to become Space Cadets, at the Space Academy. They are in training to be come part of the elite guard of the solar system, accepting missions others fear, taking risks no others dare, and upholding the peace of the solar system for the benefit of all. But before Matt Dodson can earn his rightful place in the ranks, his mettle is to be tested in the most severe and extraordinary ways--ways that change him forever, from the midwestern American boy into a man of the Solar Patrol. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Space Cadet
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429912537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This is the seminal novel of a young man's education as a member of an elite, paternalistic non-military organization of leaders dedicated to preserving human civilization, the Solar Patrol, a provocative parallel to Heinlein's famous later novel, Starship Troopers (which is about the military). Only the best and brightest--the strongest and the most courageous--ever manage to become Space Cadets, at the Space Academy. They are in training to be come part of the elite guard of the solar system, accepting missions others fear, taking risks no others dare, and upholding the peace of the solar system for the benefit of all. But before Matt Dodson can earn his rightful place in the ranks, his mettle is to be tested in the most severe and extraordinary ways--ways that change him forever, from the midwestern American boy into a man of the Solar Patrol. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429912537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This is the seminal novel of a young man's education as a member of an elite, paternalistic non-military organization of leaders dedicated to preserving human civilization, the Solar Patrol, a provocative parallel to Heinlein's famous later novel, Starship Troopers (which is about the military). Only the best and brightest--the strongest and the most courageous--ever manage to become Space Cadets, at the Space Academy. They are in training to be come part of the elite guard of the solar system, accepting missions others fear, taking risks no others dare, and upholding the peace of the solar system for the benefit of all. But before Matt Dodson can earn his rightful place in the ranks, his mettle is to be tested in the most severe and extraordinary ways--ways that change him forever, from the midwestern American boy into a man of the Solar Patrol. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Coloring Book (Adult Coloring Book)
Author: Tom Corbett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781479408047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Originally published in 1950, at the height of the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet TV show's popularity, this coloring book presents exciting science fiction images featuring Tom, Astro, Roger, and their spaceship, the Polaris. The coloring book is also a story, as the cadets blast off into space, leave Earth's atmosphere, and battle space pirates before returning home in triumph. Hours of fun for adults as well as kids!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781479408047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Originally published in 1950, at the height of the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet TV show's popularity, this coloring book presents exciting science fiction images featuring Tom, Astro, Roger, and their spaceship, the Polaris. The coloring book is also a story, as the cadets blast off into space, leave Earth's atmosphere, and battle space pirates before returning home in triumph. Hours of fun for adults as well as kids!
Stand By for Mars!
Author: Carey Rockwell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1609777441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Carey Rockwell is the pseudonym used for the author of the Tom Corbet Space Cadet series of books written for young boys. This 1950's series included books, comic strips, coloring books and television shows. The Tom Corbett space series consists of eight books, which may have been based on the novel Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein. The series follows the adventures of Tom and his friend Roger as they train to be members of the Solar Guard. The stories center around the academy, the bunkroom and their training ship Polaris. Their adventures take them to alien worlds in our solar system and beyond.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1609777441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Carey Rockwell is the pseudonym used for the author of the Tom Corbet Space Cadet series of books written for young boys. This 1950's series included books, comic strips, coloring books and television shows. The Tom Corbett space series consists of eight books, which may have been based on the novel Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein. The series follows the adventures of Tom and his friend Roger as they train to be members of the Solar Guard. The stories center around the academy, the bunkroom and their training ship Polaris. Their adventures take them to alien worlds in our solar system and beyond.
Fuzzy
Author: Tom Angleberger
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1613120486
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
From the minds of Tom Angleberger, the New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular Origami Yoda series, and Paul Dellinger, an adult science-fiction writer, comes a funny middle school story with a memorable robot title character. Reluctant readers and robot lovers in elementary and middle school will enjoy this fast-paced read that shows just how strange a place middle school can be, particularly when the new student is a state-of-the-art robot. When Max—Maxine Zelaster—befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, part of Vanguard One Middle School’s new Robot Integration Program, she helps him learn everything he needs to know about surviving middle school—the good, the bad, and the really, really, ugly. Little do they know that surviving seventh grade is going to become a true matter of life and death, because Vanguard has an evil presence at its heart: a digital student evaluation system named BARBARA that might be taking its mission to shape the perfect student to extremes! With a strong female main character who will appeal to all readers, Tom Angleberger and Paul Dellinger’s new novel offers readers a fresh take on robots. Fuzzy will find its place in the emerging category of bestselling books featuring robots, including Jon Scieszka’ s Frank Einstein series and James Patterson’s House of Robots. Be sure to check out all of Tom Angleberger’s other acclaimed books for middle-grade readers, including Poop Fountain!; The Rat with the Human Face; Horton Halfpott; Fake Mustache; and the bestselling Origami Yoda series: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, Darth Paper Strikes Back, The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee, Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus,Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue, and Jabba the Puppet. For younger readers Tom wrote the picture book McToad Mows Tiny Island, illustrated by John Hendrix, and for chapter book readers, Tom wrote the Inspector Flytrap series, illustrated by his wife Cece Bell.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1613120486
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
From the minds of Tom Angleberger, the New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular Origami Yoda series, and Paul Dellinger, an adult science-fiction writer, comes a funny middle school story with a memorable robot title character. Reluctant readers and robot lovers in elementary and middle school will enjoy this fast-paced read that shows just how strange a place middle school can be, particularly when the new student is a state-of-the-art robot. When Max—Maxine Zelaster—befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, part of Vanguard One Middle School’s new Robot Integration Program, she helps him learn everything he needs to know about surviving middle school—the good, the bad, and the really, really, ugly. Little do they know that surviving seventh grade is going to become a true matter of life and death, because Vanguard has an evil presence at its heart: a digital student evaluation system named BARBARA that might be taking its mission to shape the perfect student to extremes! With a strong female main character who will appeal to all readers, Tom Angleberger and Paul Dellinger’s new novel offers readers a fresh take on robots. Fuzzy will find its place in the emerging category of bestselling books featuring robots, including Jon Scieszka’ s Frank Einstein series and James Patterson’s House of Robots. Be sure to check out all of Tom Angleberger’s other acclaimed books for middle-grade readers, including Poop Fountain!; The Rat with the Human Face; Horton Halfpott; Fake Mustache; and the bestselling Origami Yoda series: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, Darth Paper Strikes Back, The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee, Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus,Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue, and Jabba the Puppet. For younger readers Tom wrote the picture book McToad Mows Tiny Island, illustrated by John Hendrix, and for chapter book readers, Tom wrote the Inspector Flytrap series, illustrated by his wife Cece Bell.
The Tom Corbett Space Cadet Megapack
Author: Carey Rockwell
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479490059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1569
Book Description
This volume collections 10 young adult science fiction novels: 7 in the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series, plus Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet, by Blake Savage; Star Born, by Andre Norton; and The Secret of the Ninth Planet, by Donald A. Wollheim. And don't forget to search this ebook store for more entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mystery, adventure, ghost stories, and much, much more!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479490059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1569
Book Description
This volume collections 10 young adult science fiction novels: 7 in the Tom Corbett, Space Cadet series, plus Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet, by Blake Savage; Star Born, by Andre Norton; and The Secret of the Ninth Planet, by Donald A. Wollheim. And don't forget to search this ebook store for more entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, mystery, adventure, ghost stories, and much, much more!
The Strange Case of Baby H
Author: Kathryn Reiss
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497646480
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
A twelve-year-old girl searches for answers when she finds an abandoned baby in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 Clara Curfman is awakened from a recurring swimming dream by her big, furry sheepdog, Humphrey. Suddenly, her bed is moving and the room is shaking from side to side and up and down. The floor starts pitching like a giant ocean wave, and her books dance right off the shelves. As her parents and their neighbors cope with the earthquake’s devastating aftereffects, Clara makes a stunning discovery: A baby has been left on the doorstep of her family’s boarding house. Is the abandoned infant a victim of the earthquake—or something more sinister? The only clue to her identity is a silver rattle engraved with the letter H. On a quest to find Baby H’s parents, Clara meets a boy named Edgar who has been orphaned by the earthquake. Their search takes them on a winding trail of danger that will test the true limits of Clara’s courage. This ebook includes a historical afterword.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497646480
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
A twelve-year-old girl searches for answers when she finds an abandoned baby in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 Clara Curfman is awakened from a recurring swimming dream by her big, furry sheepdog, Humphrey. Suddenly, her bed is moving and the room is shaking from side to side and up and down. The floor starts pitching like a giant ocean wave, and her books dance right off the shelves. As her parents and their neighbors cope with the earthquake’s devastating aftereffects, Clara makes a stunning discovery: A baby has been left on the doorstep of her family’s boarding house. Is the abandoned infant a victim of the earthquake—or something more sinister? The only clue to her identity is a silver rattle engraved with the letter H. On a quest to find Baby H’s parents, Clara meets a boy named Edgar who has been orphaned by the earthquake. Their search takes them on a winding trail of danger that will test the true limits of Clara’s courage. This ebook includes a historical afterword.
Tech Fury
Author: J. A. Darke
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496533356
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
When Emily Lemon wakes up to a song she's never heard before blasting from her cell phone, she has a weird feeling. But it isn't until she gets to school that she becomes suspicious. Why are the teachers and principal acting strangely? Why is the gym's scoreboard covered with a banner? And why are jumbled letters and numbers running across the computer screens? Emily is worried, so she and her best friend Lewis set out in search of her dad, who is a police officer. But when they get to the mall where he's on patrol, things get even more out of control and Emily starts to wonder if she's in the midst of a technological takeover.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496533356
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
When Emily Lemon wakes up to a song she's never heard before blasting from her cell phone, she has a weird feeling. But it isn't until she gets to school that she becomes suspicious. Why are the teachers and principal acting strangely? Why is the gym's scoreboard covered with a banner? And why are jumbled letters and numbers running across the computer screens? Emily is worried, so she and her best friend Lewis set out in search of her dad, who is a police officer. But when they get to the mall where he's on patrol, things get even more out of control and Emily starts to wonder if she's in the midst of a technological takeover.
The Robot Rocket
Author: Carey Rockwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronauts
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronauts
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Freddy and the Space Ship
Author: Walter Rollin Brooks
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Begin an out-of-this-world adventure with Freddy the Pig in this uproariously funny children's book by Walter R. Brooks. Join Freddy and his friends as they stumble upon an extraordinary space ship that promises thrilling escapades beyond imagination. With humor and charm, Freddy leads the way into a cosmic journey filled with unexpected twists and delightful encounters.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Begin an out-of-this-world adventure with Freddy the Pig in this uproariously funny children's book by Walter R. Brooks. Join Freddy and his friends as they stumble upon an extraordinary space ship that promises thrilling escapades beyond imagination. With humor and charm, Freddy leads the way into a cosmic journey filled with unexpected twists and delightful encounters.
Tom Corbett: Space Cadet: Classic Edition #7
Author: Paul S. Newman
Publisher: Bluewater Productions
ISBN: 0463827104
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
From July 1953, "Blue Men of Tara": Alfie Higgins join the Polaris unit on Tara in Alpha Centuri system and discover a race of giant ants and blue caveman.
Publisher: Bluewater Productions
ISBN: 0463827104
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
From July 1953, "Blue Men of Tara": Alfie Higgins join the Polaris unit on Tara in Alpha Centuri system and discover a race of giant ants and blue caveman.