A review by jstamper2022
Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin

5.0

A coming of age story in a universe with no Earth. Ships carry all of human knowledge. Colony planets do not get this knowledge. They are backwaters, tough and ignorant, by design. the Ships trade a little bit of knowledge for resources. Kids are sent to colony world's to survive for a month on their own. when they return to the ship, they're adults. The book centers around Mia and her peers. Their experiences lead them to oppose current planetary policy and vow to change the way things are done to advance all humanity in the universe.