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Putting up roots : a Jupiter novel / Charles Sheffield.
Van Pelt Library PS3569.H39253 P87 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheffield, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Science fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 255 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Tor, 1997.
- Summary:
- Abandoned by his actress mother, Josh Kerrigan tries to settle down on his uncle's farm. But farming on Earth is no longer profitable, so Josh soon finds himself en route to the planet Solferino in the Messina Dust Cloud, twenty-seven light-years from home. Josh has his hands full on Solferino, struggling to understand a whole new ecosystem while keeping an eye on his autistic cousin, Dawn. Life gets even more complicated, however, when Dawn makes contact with a mysterious alien creature. The experts all say there is no intelligent life on Solferino, but what if they're wrong? Josh is about to find out.
- Notes:
- "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
- ISBN:
- 0312862415
- OCLC:
- 36876061
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