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A Pail of Air
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- en
About this book
Creators: Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) and Ed Emshwiller (1925-1990) [Illustrator] "A Pail of Air" by Fritz Leiber is a science fiction short story published in 1951. Earth has been torn from the Sun by a dark star, freezing the atmosphere solid. A ten-year-old boy narrates his family's survival in a makeshift shelter, where they gather pails of frozen oxygen to breathe. They maintain a small fire for warmth in a world plunged into absolute darkness and cold, waiting alone on a dead planet. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 86.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 1188
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Science-Fiction & FantasyShort StoriesScience FictionFamilies -- FictionScience fictionShort storiesSurvival -- FictionLanguage and Literatures: PS