352W: Late 50’s early 60’s space fiction

Late 50’s early 60’s space fiction about a boy on a planet (possibly mars) with his pet.  The boy needs to get to different city/friends home.  Walks via an old highway but the temperature dips extremely, causing the boy to find refuge in a giant cabbage like plant that closes at night, saving him.

Read this from the 5th grade 1961/62 Ellis Elementary School library in Sunnyvale California.

3 thoughts on “352W: Late 50’s early 60’s space fiction

  1. Barbara Werner

    I agree, Red Planet by Robert Heinlein, the pet, the journey, the cabbage like plant. He was making the walk with a friend though.

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