Spaceships and Flying Saucers - E-book - ePub

Six short stories to fill young imaginations with the adventures of being in space. In 'Annie Takes a Trip on a Flying Saucer', Annie accidentally finds a spaceship and upon entering, meets Luna, a teenaged space girl. A short but wild ride awaits Annie as she soon finds herself wanting to be back home. 'Timmy Takes a Space Test' follows the story of Timmy, who takes the test to find out if he will make a good astronaut.
Timmy soon learns that it isn't as easy as it looks.  'Delivering Mail on the Moon' is the adventure of Jerry, who visits his father and completes the daily mail route for the various people living on the moon. Due to the lack of gravity and crater and crevices that must be driven around, delivering the mail turns out to be quite the adventure for Jerry as he realizes that all jobs must be completed, no matter the circumstances.
'Castaways in Space' is the story of two friends who fail at traditional school but find that they have a gift of intelligence that allows them to conquer living in outer space. Throughout trials, tribulations, and ingenious tool creation, the two find that they are not failures after all. 'Spaceballs and Baseballs' is the tale of two rivalry baseball teams that play in a tournament on the moon. Without the gravity found on Earth, flying baseballs are quite difficult to catch! Boys from both teams take part while trying to become the baseball champions. 'Stamp Collection Mystery on Mars' is the mystery of valuable postage stamps that are missing from a collection and two boys who become amateur detectives to find the stamps and learn a lesson about bias along the way.