Space Hostages
Nicholas Fisk
Library Binding
(Atheneum, April 1, 1969)
After tricking nine children into coming aboard the space ship he hijacked, a British Lieutenant dies of radiation poisoning. As the children attempt to get the space craft back to earth, a power struggle develops among them over who will get credit should they succeed.Nine children, launched into space in a top-secret spaceship by a demented Flight Lieutenant, strive to learn how to operate the ship and return to earth