A newly illustrated edition with reader's notes for tricky words. Complete and unabridged.
A vacation on Venus ought to mean jungle trails, giant dinosaurs—and a little friendly competition. For Space Cadet Tom Corbett, it may become something far more dangerous.
Tom Corbett stands beneath Venus’s towering jungle canopy, where every shadow may hide a monster. Tom and his Polaris crewmates, Roger Manning and Astro, have come to hunt the planet’s enormous beasts, but a suspicious passenger and whispers of secret meetings point to trouble beyond the wilds. As Major Lou Connel investigates a mysterious group whose plans may threaten the Solar Alliance, the cadets’ adventure takes a perilous turn. On a planet where danger can lurk in the jungle—or among the people—how will Tom know which threat to face first?
This complete and unabridged edition includes reader’s notes for tricky words, bringing young readers into Carey Rockwell’s space adventure.
At Wise Minds Press we believe the years between childhood and the teenage leap are a golden window: curiosity runs high, vocabulary explodes and a single page can spark a lifetime of possibility. We were those wide‑eyed readers once—hungry for challenge, eager to roam far‑flung worlds, and guided by parents and teachers who knew the right story could light the path ahead. Today we honor that legacy by bringing time‑tested classics to young readers complete and unabridged, with reader's notes for the tricky words, and original illustrations for Grades 4‑7 (Ages 9‑12).
Our mission is simple: to place in every young reader's hands a bridge to literature's greatest adventures, turning boundless imagination into confidence, empathy, and the readiness to write their own remarkable futures.
