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1950 children's science fiction story

Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked by Mahatma Randy on June 25, 2021

I once read a 1950s children’s science fiction story set on Mars. It was about a family that had just moved there, and befriended a colonial kid. They lived under a dome, and adopted a Martian animal with red, white, and blue hair, which they named “Yank.” Anyone have any idea what this could be?

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Some of the details don't quite match. But, this reminds me a little bit of the 1960 Robert Silverberg novel Lost Race of Mars

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I once read a 1950s children's science fiction story set on Mars.

Partial check: Story is set on Mars. Book published in 1960

It was about a family that had just moved there,

Check. The story is about Sally and Jim, ages 11 and 12 or thereabouts ("Jim, "six and a half" Martian years, and Sally, six" Martian years) along with their parents who move to Mars.

and befriended a colonial kid. They lived under a dome,

Check. Though many of the Martian children do not originally like Jim and Sally.

and adopted a Martian animal with red, white, and blue hair, which they named "Yank."

Partial check. They adopt a Martian animal as a pet. However, they call him "Mitten" for "Mars Kitten".

Book review

Answered by beichst on June 25, 2021

This is Richard M. Elam's 1953 'Young Visitor to Mars'. The family is from Earth, they live in a domed house, the teen-age hero makes friends with a Martian colonist his own age and they have a red-white-and-blue pet named 'Yank'. It is available on Project Gutenberg (here) and there are cheap copies on places like ebay.

Answered by Lee Eckhardt on June 25, 2021

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