Title: Red planet : a colonial boy on Mars /
Authors: Heinlein, Robert A. 1907-1988; Geary, Clifford N.,; Geary, Clifford N.,
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons,
Year: 1951
Subjects: Science fiction, American.; Mars (Planet) Fiction.
Abstract: A young colonist on Mars befriends a strange round creature called Willis who gets him into trouble when he goes away to school, but whose presence and friendship finally enable the colonials to negotiate a treaty with the Martians.
Contents: Willis -- South colony, Mars -- Gekko -- Lowell Academy -- Little pitchers have big ears -- Flight -- Pursued -- The other world -- Politics -- "We're boxed in!" -- Besieged -- "Don't shoot" -- "It's an ultimatum." -- Willis.