A review by mrskatiefitz
The Rolling Stones by Robert A. Heinlein

4.0

I greatly enjoyed this humorous space story about a family traveling to Mars which predates both Star Wars and actual humans visiting space. The dialogue was clever, the supporting characters colorful (especially the delightful Grandma Hazel) and though the author's ideas about space travel seem funny to us now, I appreciated the way he theorized in such great detail about what the future might be like. I read a similar book last year - The Other Side of the Moon by Meriol Trevor - which was much more philosophical about the nature of good and evil on planets other than Earth. Though I liked that book, too, this one did a better job at tapping into what truly interested kids about space travel in the 1950s, and, I think, what still sparks their imaginations today. I will definitely be interested in reading other Heinlein juveniles.