The Way Back Home (Paperback)

From the Publisher: Finding an airplane in his closet, a young boy takes to the sky and heads straight for space to explore the world above and beyond, but when the plane runs out of gas and he comes crashing onto the moon, the young boy is thrilled to be befriended by a Martian who is in the exact same predicament. 50,000 first printing.When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space! Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring landing on the moon . . . but thereÂ's no telling what kind of slimy, slithering, tentacled, fangtoothed monsters lurk in the darkness! (Plus, itÂ's dark and lonely out there.) Coincidentally, engine trouble has stranded a young Martian on the other side of the moon, and heÂ's just as frightened and alone. Martian, EarthlingÂ?itÂ's all the same when youÂ're in need of a friend.