Citizen of the Galaxy Summary
Robert A. Heinlein

Citizen of the Galaxy Summary

As the story opens, a starved, scared young boy is being sold on an auction block on a faraway planet. He is purchased by an old, one-eyed, one-legged man named Baslim. He appears to be a simple beggar, but is later revealed to be an anti-slavery agent (with a long history of heroism) who is working undercover.

Baslim raises the boy, Thorby, as his own son, nurturing and educating him. Through...

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