marycatelli: (Golden Hair)
marycatelli ([personal profile] marycatelli) wrote in [community profile] books2024-02-23 05:49 pm

A Spaceship For Joe

A Spaceship For Joe by Doug Irvin

A short tale

Joe has a problem. It's summer vacation and all his friends are either away or down with measles. His Uncle Joe suggests that he build himself a clubhouse. He opts for a spaceship, instead, out of plywood.

Melissa, the younger sister of the boy with measles, comes by to tell him that he can talk with her brother Billy at the window -- she has to do that herself -- and to look at the spaceship. That's when its appearance precipites them into adventure.

Spaceships, interstellar law, and fractions all feature.

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