SuitabookLost in Outer Space
Tod Olson
- Reading
- Read in short sections if the technical or historical detail becomes a lot to take in; pause to distinguish what happened from how the narrative builds tension.
- Themes
- Survival in a spacecraft emergency: An oxygen tank explodes during Apollo 13, and the astronauts face the challenge of getting home. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Apollo 13 and Mission Control: The book addresses apollo 13 and mission control; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The subject is treated as a nonfiction account of a historical space mission, though the extent of technical explanation is unclear.
- Worth knowing
- If a child finds real-world peril unsettling, consider reading together and pausing to talk through the situation.