Tunnel in the Sky
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Plot Summary of Tunnel in the Sky
"Very "Lord of the Flies", a little young, but still good. My favorite Heinlein book." Sarah Jones, Resident Scholar
" This was a story with a GREAT premise: a high school class which ended not with an exam but with a survival course. Students were teleported to an alien planet and had to survive there for a few weeks. The students didn't know where the planet was, or what conditions they would face, or how to cope in advance. The point is that they'd have to adapt on the spot to survive. It was interesting watching the main character, Rod Walker, pick his equipment and plan his strategies. His first few days in that environment, hiding in trees, in fear of wild, possibly maneating animals, was exciting to read. And then things went wrong when the survival course didn't end on time (for technical reasons, Earth lost contact with the planet). As the students realized they were stuck there, possibly for good, they had to band together against the elements and form a community just to do such basic things as provide food and shelter. Rod had to cope with natural disasters, dissention in the ranks, and other problems to keep the students together. While Rod's character, like most in the early Heinlein period, is pretty stiff and two dimensional, his struggle for survival is definitely an interesting read. " Steve, Resident Scholar

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