1. Bill and his family emigrate to Ganymede and try to start a farm there. After planetquakes and blizzards they finally made a go of it. The Boy Scouts was also prominently featured. Farnham's Freehold Farmer in the Sky Between Planets Tunnel in the Sky

2. Juan decides to join the military after high school and ends up in the Mobile Infantry. Earth is being attacked by an alien race called "Bugs" and it is their job to go in and destroy the Bugs on their home planet. Starman Jones Starship Troopers Citizen of the Galaxy The Star Beast

3. After running away from his Ozark home, Max uses forged papers to get menial work aboard the starship Asgard. After the ship was lost through an uncharted anomaly and all others with astrogation skills died, he successfully pilots the ship back to known space, and is accepted as an apprentice astrogator by the Guild. Starship Troopers Rocketship Galileo Orphans of the Sky Starman Jones

4. Matt joins the Interplanetary Patrol and, after training, is assigned to a ship sent out to investigate a distress signal coming from Venus. After diffusing an interplanetary incident caused by an ex-classmate of theirs, they discover a lost ship which they pilot back to civilization. The Rolling Stones Starman Jones Space Cadet Red Planet

5. John's pet, Lummox, was handed down to him from his father, his grandfather and his great-grandfather. After Lummox escaped from his holding cell, she and John tried to hide out in the wilderness but were brought back when it was discovered that Lummox was a very important member of a race threatening to destroy the Earth. Red Planet Misfit The Menace From Earth The Star Beast

6. Hugh discovers the true nature of the Ship and finds out that there is a world beyond its steel walls. After being captured by the Muties, Hugh is shown the Outside and tries to convince the rest of the population of his discoveries. Orphans of the Sky Rocketship Galileo Time for the Stars Tunnel in the Sky

7. Thorby is bought by Baslim the Cripple from whom he learned the art of begging. After being smuggled aboard a ship of the Free Traders, he was handed off to the Hegemonic Guard to find his true identity. Citizen of the Galaxy Glory Road Double Star Methusela's Children

8. After winning a real spacesuit in a slogan contest, Kip finds himself aboard a spaceship heading to the moon with two other hostages. After a few adventures, Kip and Peewee find themselves having to defend the Earth in a trial that could end in the destruction of their own planet. Have Spacesuit, Will Travel Job: A Comedy of Justice I Will Fear No Evil Glory Road

9. Jim and his pet Martian, Willis, foil an attempt by the Company to prevent the colonists' regular migration to more tolerable climates. With the help of adult Martians he was able to warn the colonists about the Company's plans and to establish the colony's independence from control by Earth companies. Podkayne of Mars Red Planet Stranger in a Strange Land To Sail Beyond The Sunset

10. The heroine of this story is 8 years old with ambitions of becoming captain of a space liner. She was captured, along with her brother, by political enemies of her uncle. In the original published book she was injured in a bomb blast. In the revised book, which was Heinlein's first draft, she was killed in the blast. Red Planet Citizen of the Galaxy Double Star Podkayne of Mars