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Synopsis
The radar-complex had picked up the strange object in space just as it neared the earth's surface. It was described as "an object of considerable size." The impact of its landing at Boulder Lake Park, Colorado was felt on every seismograph in the world. Then the first reports began to trickle in: there were "creatures" on board? creatures who soon left their ship and began exploring the area ... Where was the ship from, and what was the quest of the strange visitors?these visitors who were armed with a terrifying paralysis ray that blinded its victims, filling their nostrils with a reptilian odor of the jungle? Only one man in the Boulder Lake Park area could hope to solve the mystery of the "Aliens" who had come to call on earth ...
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Is Operation Terror appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
Classic 1960s first contact story with alien visitors using paralysis weapons. Mild peril and mystery-solving, no graphic violence or mature content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.
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Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the suspenseful mystery of figuring out what the alien visitors want and how humanity responds to their terrifying technology.