Project Gutenberg 2015-12-13 Public domain in the USA. 178 Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett) 1893 1958 Evans, Edward Everett The Planet Mappers The Planet Mappers: An Adventure Story of the Space World of Tomorrow Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Planet Mappers" by E. Everett Evans is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story centers around a young boy named Jon Carver, who embarks on a perilous journey with his family through deep space on a mission of exploration. Shortly into their voyage, a meteoroid strikes their ship, leading to a serious accident that injures Jon's father, thrusting the family into a challenging situation they must navigate together. At the start of the narrative, Jon experiences panic when a strike against the hull of their spacecraft causes a rapid loss of air. The family rallies to assist his injured father, who is knocked unconscious and has suffered a broken leg as well. As the boys, Jon and his older brother Jak, take on new responsibilities, they are faced with the reality of their father's incapacitation and must step up to ensure their mother's safety while managing the ship. The opening sets the stage for themes of bravery, resourcefulness, and the challenges of growing up in the harsh and unpredictable environment of space exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Families -- Juvenile fiction Space flight -- Juvenile fiction Space pirates -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Science Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 379391 2025-06-20T11:42:20.703506 text/html 360413 2024-10-22T23:34:46 text/html 221898 2025-06-20T11:42:25.817490 application/epub+zip 228051 2025-06-20T11:42:21.346513 application/epub+zip 209726 2025-06-20T11:42:21.009518 application/epub+zip 354547 2025-06-20T11:42:29.528992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335392 2025-06-20T11:42:25.495483 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317042 2022-09-23T04:30:51.293152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363731 2023-09-22T06:06:35.419061 text/plain 344021 2024-10-22T23:34:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16677 2025-06-20T11:42:29.672984 application/rdf+xml 26005 2025-06-20T11:42:21.104506 image/jpeg 4916 2025-06-20T11:42:21.057514 image/jpeg 210413 2025-06-20T11:42:20.741552 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia