Space Cadet - Softcover

Robert A. Heinlein

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345260724 ISBN 13: 9780345260727

Publisher: Del Rey Books, 1978

Synopsis

Del Rey / Ballantine, 1978. Mass market paperback. This 1948 novel is one of the classic "Heinlein juvenile" science fiction novels. Teenager Matt Dodson joins the Space Patrol to help preserve peace in the Solar System.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Like many people, I go way, way back with Heinlein. My very favorite book (and one that stands out in my mind--and with much affection--to this day) is Tunnel in the Sky. I really, really wanted to go off to explore new worlds with a covered wagon and horses, like the hero does at the very end of the book. But one of the nice things about Robert Heinlein is that he's got something for everyone. One of my best friends has a different favorite: Podkayne of Mars. Go figure.
                        --Shelly Shapiro, Executive Editor

From the Inside Flap:

Only the best and brightest -- the strongest and the most courageous -- ever managed to become Space Cadets. They were the elite guard of the solar system, accepting missions others feared, taking risks no others dared, and upholding the peace of the solar system for the benefit of all.
But before Matt could earn his rightful place in the ranks, his mettle would be tested in the most severe and extraordinary ways -- ways that would change him forever but would still not prepare him for the alien treacheries that awaited him on strange worlds far beyond his own.

About this edition

• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0345260724
• ISBN 13: 9780345260727
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 221