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The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in the Guild, or a whole lot more money than Max, the son of a widowed, poor mother, was every going to have. What Max does have going for him are his uncle's prized astrogation manuals - book on star navigation that Max literally commits to memory word for word, equation for equation. When Max's mother decides to remarry a bullying oaf, Max takes to the road, only to discover that his uncle Chet's manuals, and Max's near complete memorization of them, is a ticket to the stars. But serving on a spaceship is no easy task. Duty is everything, and a mistake can mean you and all aboard are lost forever. Max loves every minute of his new life, and he steadily grows in the trust of his superior officers, and seems to be on course for a command track position. But then disaster strikes, and it's going to take every trick Max ever learned from his tough life and his uncle's manuals to save himself and the ship from a doom beyond extinction itself.

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This book is part of the "Heinlein's Juveniles" series.
Here are some other books from this series:

Farmer in the Sky First published 1950 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3/10

Space Cadet First published 1948 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.8/10

Red Planet First published 1949 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.1/10

The Rolling Stones First published 1952 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.6/10

Citizen of the Galaxy First published 1957 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:4.2/10

Tunnel in the Sky First published 1955 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:4/10

The Star Beast First published 1954 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.6/10

Have Space Suit, Will Travel First published 1958 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:5/10

Rocket Ship Galileo First published 1947 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.3/10

Time for the Stars First published 1956 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.6/10

Between Planets First published 1951 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.3/10

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