Heinlein is especially imaginative here, with the unique Martian civilization and the realistic (at least for the time) details about humans trying to survive in the hostile environment of Mars. It’s up to these two boys to save their hometown and their Martian friend from the nefarious forces of evil. In between getting into trouble with the new, insanely strict headmaster, they find out about a plot that could endanger both humans and the native Martians. Two teenage boys, part of the human colonies on Mars, are sent away to boarding school in the biggest city on Mars. Though this is one of his early juvie novels, so it's safer than, say, Time Enough for Love. I really need to read it again as an adult, but Heinlein. This was, hands down, my favorite Heinlein book as a teen.
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