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Old YA book. (60s?) Young man wants to become a rocket ship pilot

YA USA hardback library book. 1960s or before. Very Heinlein YA type story, but not one of his books. I distinctly remember the opening chapter. A young man is playing baseball. Maybe a college or ...
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Looking to identify a children's novel in which stowaways eventually crash on the moon

I'm trying to remember the title/author of a juvie SF novel from the mid-late 50s. There are two kids who sneak out every chance they get to watch rocket launches. These are multi-staged things with ...
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Warrior race trapped on their home planet by aliens. Their society turns out to be hyper-advanced [duplicate]

I read this story in a collection of short stories the 1980's and I am now looking for the publication. All I can recall is that it was about a warrior race imprisoned on their own planet by an ...
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A series of books about a teenager that went to the moon to fight mould

I read a series of books, probably around 1962 - 1970, about some young kid (a teenager) whose name I think was Chris. There was a problem with the Moon, it was being invaded by a mould (mold) which ...
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