Lost Race of Mars [Paperback]

Robert Silverberg (Author), Leonard Kessler (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1960

Are the Old Martians really a lost race - just withered mummies lying in dark caves? Or are they still alive - somewhere on the red planet? Sally and Jim must find out. They must help their father discover if the Old Martians exist. His life work as a scientist is at stake! But it's not easy. They are only visitors to the Mars colony in this year 2017. And no one really wants them there.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic Book Services; 1 edition (1960)
• ASIN: B00005WAW4
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,179,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spark a child's imagination!, September 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost Race of Mars (Paperback)

This is the first science fiction book I ever read! It changed my life as I read about the expolits of two children living in a Mars colony. The young boy and girl discover that there is, indeed, life on Mars. This is an excellent book to introduce science fiction to a child. Well-written with science facts yet the two protaganists are likeable and interesting. If you love science fiction, share this with your children and spark that same love in them!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lost Race of Mars, September 17, 2005

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G. Richards - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost Race of Mars (Hardcover)

This was one of the first books I ever read. I loved it as a child and thought it was a very good CHILDREN'S book written from an early 1960s perspective. It is fantasy. Perhaps some of the other reviewers might take this into perspective before engaging in name calling.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this Book, January 25, 2008

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Ann Pereira-Ogan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost Race of Mars (Paperback)

As a child I loved this book so much. I was not a nog sci-fi buff but read it over and over again. I think that my eight year old son would love it. Since it is fiction, I am not (and never was worried) about the story being inaccurate in any way.