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Tagged with young-adult space-colonization
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Young adult science fiction book about unique children born on a new colony
I read this book back in early 1980's. Can't remember the title or author.
Colonists to a new planet. Unable to have children until 6 children were mysteriously born. 3 males and 2 females. 1 child ...
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Young adult sci-fi novel about a young female human slightly modified to survive on on a jungle planet
I started a book where the main character was a young female human (school age) slightly modified to survive on a planet with only slightly more gravity than Earth. There is a non-modified boy that ...
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Space colony novel where space pirates attack a planet and take a boy hostage who fights his way back eventually
I think it was a 1970s novel and might have been simply titled "Colony". These days it would likely be classed as young-adult, but I don't think such a category existed back then. I probably read it ...
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Story with student test to find a new world and bring back navigation data, teacher tried to persuade students to go native
I read this novel at least ten years ago, and likely more. It is a young adult book (labelled as such, I think), and I recall I read it at the exact same time as "Star Hatchling" (published in 1997, ...
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Children's Sci-Fi novel 1980s, another planet with moth-like creatures and glass-like grass [duplicate]
I'm trying to figure out the title of a book I read as a child -- probably around 1988 -- aimed at 9-10 year olds. The story had to do with people leaving Earth and they were only able to take one ...
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Book Identification: young adult sci-fi with a Christian slant/influence 90s/80s novel part of a series
Scifi novel published around 80s or 90s, part of a series.
Interplanetary space opera with a young adult slant/approach.
Earth colony, but Earth is not featured or mentioned.
Main story centered ...
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Book (Possible Young Adult) Generation Ship Traveling to Heaven
I'm trying to track down my husband's favorite book as a teen/kid. It's about a Generation Ship with very utopian society. This colonial ship is traveling to try to reach 'heaven'; then there is a ...
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