Commander Toad and the voyage home
Jane Yolen
Commander Toad leads the lean green space machine "Star Warts" to find new worlds but runs into trouble when he sets course for home.
Read Time: ~0.7 hr
Fillmore & Geary take off!
by Mark Shulman (2004)
About this book
Fillmore the boy and Geary the robot, who live on Planet Zada, take their robotic dog Sbot to other planets so that he can learn to act like a real dog.
Setting / LocationDeep Space
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreFillmore & Geary take off! Lead Character
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