Thom reviewed Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
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3 stars
A likeable enough book, but not as good as some of the other Heinlein juveniles. A glimpse into what RAH was putting together for later books.
Robert A. Heinlein: Red Planet (Hardcover, 1949, Scribner)
school & library binding
Published June 30, 1949 by Scribner.
Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis were allowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tuned into a treacherous plot that threatened all the colonists on Mars, and it set Jim off on a terrfying adventure that could save--or destroy--them all
A likeable enough book, but not as good as some of the other Heinlein juveniles. A glimpse into what RAH was putting together for later books.