The Green Book
Pattie and her family are among the last refugees to flee a dying Earth in an old spaceship. And when the group finally lands on the distant planet which is to be their new home, it seems that the four-year journey has been a success. But as they begin to settle this shiny new world, they...
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Pattie and her family are among the last refugees to flee a dying Earth in an old spaceship. And when the group finally lands on the distant planet which is to be their new home, it seems that the four-year journey has been a success. But as they begin to settle this shiny new world, they discover that the colony is in serious jeopardy. Nothing on this planet is edible, and they may not be able to grow food. With supplies dwindling, Pattie and her sister decide to take the one chance that might make life possible on Shine.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780312641221 (0312641222)
ASIN: 312641222
Publish date: March 13th 2012
Publisher: Square Fish
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Academic,
School,
Survival,
Middle Grade,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic
Also read Jill Paton Walsh’s The Green Book which is really short. It’s children’s fiction, so I’m trying to go easy on it, but I had a ton of questions and problems with the background and the world. I think that’s not meant to be the focus here, but the story itself is so slight that I couldn’t he...
I think this may have been the first science fiction book that I ever read. For some reason, I vividly remembered the part at the beginning where the old photographs are yellow because the light is getting bluer and colder, and of course the glass grass and crystalline wheat, but I had completely f...
My first book by Jill Paton Walsh and I've re-read it several times since the first time. I love it!!
My first book by Jill Paton Walsh and I've re-read it several times since the first time. I love it!!