Venus Boy

A twelve-year-old who is the first human born on Venus grows up in a colonial settlement with his intelligent jewel-bear companion, who shares his three closely guarded secrets. When rocket day and frontier dangers draw them into peril, the boy's secrets trigger encounters with native creatures, outlaws, stampeding rhinsaurs, and jungle hazards that split friends and force desperate choices. Through daring escapes, capture, and clever problem solving, he and his allies find hidden treasure, confront hard moral costs to protect family and community, and ultimately perform a courageous act that earns lasting recognition from the colony.