The Space Hotel

Written by Victor Appleton

Book #3 in the Tom Swift, Young Inventor series

A weekend at the first orbiting hotel turns suspicious when a wealthy guest disappears.

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160 pages· 29,338 words· Est. 4 hour read· ~890L· AR 5.7 · 5 AR pts

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Bookroo's summary

Teen inventor Tom Swift and his sister Sandy are among the first guests at APOGEE, the world's first hotel in orbit, built with help from Swift Enterprises. They float in zero gravity, meet robot staff and play weightless badminton, but Tom notices strange things happening aboard. When a billionaire guest goes missing, he suspects foul play and sets out to find out what happened before the station's grand opening turns into a disaster.

From the publisher

What Tom's about to find is truly out of this world! It's the grand opening of APOGEE, the world's first space hotel, an orbital space station designed expressly for the tourist trade. As Swift Enterprises is a major investor in the project, and provided much of the necessary technology, Tom and Sandy have been invited to be among the first guests to visit! When they arrive at the APOGEE they experience weightlessness, learn about the high-tech nature of the hotel (including the robotic wait and cleaning staff), and play a game of zero-gravity badminton. But as Tom explores the ship he begins to notice some strange happenings. And when a billionaire guest of the hotel turns up missing, Tom suspects foul play....

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