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Cover of Matthew Looney's Voyage to the Earth

Matthew Looney's Voyage to the Earth

Jerome Beatty, Jr. (1961)

SubgenreSpace Opera
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesMatthew Looney #1
SettingSecondary World
CSM age8
Goodreads4.2

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

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Positive tags

Hopeful EndingMentor FigureFound Family

Tropes

Space OperaHostile PlanetReluctant HeroPlanetary RomanceFirst Contact

Themes

Coming of Ageadventure and explorationIdentityFirst Contact

Synopsis

Matthew Looney’s Voyage to the Earth tells the story of a boy living on the Moon who has always dreamed of space travel. Matthew is a typical Moon boy with a family, a pet, and a plan to fill a summer position at his father’s work. That is, until his world turns upside down when he learns of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the chance to be the cabin boy on a space expedition to the uninhabitable planet Earth.

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middle grade SFHumorous SFClassic Science FictionSatire