Podkayne of Mars
Robert A. Heinlein. Baen Books, $10 (216pp) ISBN 978-0-671-72179-4
A girl raised on Mars travels back to Earth in Heinlein's vintage SF tale, first published in 1963. (Aug.)
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Reviewed on: 08/02/1993
Genre: Fiction
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