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Title: Pogo Planet
Original Publication: New York, NY: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1941.
Series Title: Ajax Calkins 1
Credits: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Pogo Planet" by Martin Pearson is a science fiction novel written during the early 1940s. The story introduces Ajax Calkins, an ambitious individual who desires to become a pioneer in space exploration. He sets out to claim a newly discovered planet, Midplanet, and embarks on a comical adventure filled with unexpected challenges and bizarre creatures. In the narrative, Ajax crashes on Midplanet only to discover a vibrant world where the atmosphere has trapped light, creating an intriguing environment. As he explores, he encounters intelligent kangaroo-like beings and a giant flea named Bosco, who aids him in an escape from captivity with the kangaroo inhabitants. The tension escalates as Ajax and Nadia Landor, an Earth girl, must navigate their way back to safety amidst whimsical circumstances, including Ajax's attempts to assert his dominance as a self-proclaimed ruler. Ultimately, the story blends humor and adventure as Ajax learns that grandiose ambitions can be hindered by unpredictable realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Wollheim, Donald A., 1914-1990
Illustrator: Bok, Hannes, 1914-1964
EBook No.: 73148
Published: Mar 11, 2024
Downloads: 160
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
Subject: Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction
Subject: Outer space -- Exploration -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Pogo Planet
Original Publication: New York, NY: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1941.
Series Title: Ajax Calkins 1
Credits: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Pogo Planet" by Martin Pearson is a science fiction novel written during the early 1940s. The story introduces Ajax Calkins, an ambitious individual who desires to become a pioneer in space exploration. He sets out to claim a newly discovered planet, Midplanet, and embarks on a comical adventure filled with unexpected challenges and bizarre creatures. In the narrative, Ajax crashes on Midplanet only to discover a vibrant world where the atmosphere has trapped light, creating an intriguing environment. As he explores, he encounters intelligent kangaroo-like beings and a giant flea named Bosco, who aids him in an escape from captivity with the kangaroo inhabitants. The tension escalates as Ajax and Nadia Landor, an Earth girl, must navigate their way back to safety amidst whimsical circumstances, including Ajax's attempts to assert his dominance as a self-proclaimed ruler. Ultimately, the story blends humor and adventure as Ajax learns that grandiose ambitions can be hindered by unpredictable realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Wollheim, Donald A., 1914-1990
Illustrator: Bok, Hannes, 1914-1964
EBook No.: 73148
Published: Mar 11, 2024
Downloads: 160
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
Subject: Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction
Subject: Outer space -- Exploration -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.