Lee Sutton 2 hr 50 min read

Atop New Plymouth Rock on Venus stands a statue of the planet's greatest hero, a smiling twelve-year-old boy with a Venusian jewel bear on his shoulder, whose wondrous story this book will tell.

Lee Sutton's 1955 novel is a warm juvenile space opera. Imaginative, wholesome, charming. Read it for a heartfelt boys' adventure on a vividly imagined Venus, a young hero, an alien jewel bear, and a tale of courage and wonder, in the bright, optimistic style of mid-century juvenile science fiction, built around a gentle reverence for all living things.

In its time

Published in 1955, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

2 hr 50 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

Richard Floethe