num_pages: 260
description: In 2198, one hundred and fifty years after the desperate wars that destroyed an overpopulated Earth, Man lives precariously on a hundred hastily-established colony worlds and in the seven giant Ships that once ferried men to the stars. Mia Havero's Ship is a small closed society. It tests its children by casting them out to live or die in a month of Trial in the hostile wilds of a colony world. Mia Havero's Trial is fast approaching and in the meantime she must learn not only the skills that will keep her alive but the deeper courage to face herself and her world. Published originally in 1968, Alexei Panshin's Nebula Award-winning classic has lost none of its relevance, with its keen exploration of societal stagnation and the resilience of youth.
language: English
title: Rite of Passage
titlecomplete: Rite of Passage
characters: Mia Havero, Daniel Kutsov, Jimmy Dentremont
genres: Classics, Space, Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Coming Of Age, Space Opera, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 3533
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Fairwood Press