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Tunnel in the sky

by Robert A. Heinlein

When an organised survival course goes wrong, a group of young people find themselves stranded in an unknown part of the universe. Cut off from Earth, they must fight to adapt and survive in a hostile new environment.

Accession 9193 ISBN 0330020293 Publisher Pan
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