The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

by Eleanor Cameron

Overview

Blast off into the unknown with National Book Award winning author Eleanor Cameron in this timeless sci-fi classic about two best friends shooting into space for the adventure of a lifetime.  

David Topman never expected a newspaper would change his life. But when he finds an ad asking for a small spaceship built by two young boys to be delivered to a mysterious Mr. Tyco M. Bass, he and his best friend, Chuck, race to complete the request. With a homemade spaceship made out of old tin and scrap wood, the two boys report to the funny-looking Mr. Bass and are assigned a most wonderful and terrifying mission – the kind that can only be completed by a young person with a belief in the impossible and a thirst for the unknown. 
 
The boys are up for a challenge, but are they up for the kind of adventure that will take them out of this world at midnight and back by morning?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316125406
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	10/03/1988
Series:	Mushroom Planet Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	214
Sales rank:	150,954
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.55(h) x 0.95(d)
Lexile:	1030L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mrs. Cameron received both the Commonwealth Club of California Award and an award for her novel, A Spell is Cast. Her book A Room Made of Windows, a story about a girl trying to come to terms with her life, won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award.
All Mrs. Cameron's books blend reality and imagination with a distinction that makes them timeless.

Editorial Reviews

The classic science fiction fantasy, about two boys and their space ship, and adventures on a planet found not far away from Earth. Ages 8-12. (Sept.)

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