Tunnel in the Sky (Paperback) by Robert A Heinlein

from nateberly

This was a fun and interesting read, it was intended for a young audience, but anyone should enjoy it. I really liked the way it progressed. It shows human interaction in a primitive society, while having knowledge of the modern world. I am amazed at the level of survivorship the testers had. How...

from LisaMaria_C

This is one of Heinlein's "juvenile" novels centered upon and written for teens. Rod Walker and other teens start out taking a basic survival test, but something goes wrong and they're stranded on a deserted jungle planet. The novel has been described as the inverse of Lord of the Flies and I eve...

from JessiAdams

I was shocked after reading this book to learn that it was written in 1955. You can generally tell when science fiction was written a very long time ago, but this book is wonderfully written and timeless. The only hint that I got while reading was the strange interactions between men and women. T...

from mrtall

Robert Heinlein's Tunnel in the Sky is a delight. This story of a group of young people forced to deal with sudden isolation from society is in many ways the photographic negative of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Tunnel in the Sky follows Rod Walker, our young protagonist, as he and a grou...

from mfassold

This is my favorite book of all time. I read it for the first time when I was 13 and have read it every year since then at least once. I taught the book this year as a culmination of my civilization and government unit. One of my favorite activities was to have my students pick out all the errors...