315V: Too many teens? Send them to their own planet!

Looking for sci-fi about a teenage girl on a ship (colony) that avoids overpopulation by sending all its teens onto a hostile planet below to survive for a time period. If they live, they become adults and members of the colony.

2 thoughts on “315V: Too many teens? Send them to their own planet!

  1. Barb

    This is “Rite of Passage” by Alexi Pansin. One of my favorite Sci Fi books. As kids reach the age of 14(?), after extensive training, they are released on a planet to see if they can survive until pick-up; a way to weed out the weaker people, although the rite is easily survivable with common sense.

    They live on a large colony ship that traverses the galaxy, trading and exploring, with a rich and fascinating culture.

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