"Most of his books have been written for children or Young Adults, including the sf Sweetwater (1973) – his first novel, set in a dying city on a strange planet ..."
--SFE3
Stated 1st edition
Illustrated boards
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WorldCat library record OCLC 701399 lists this ISBN first of two beside 0060267364.
Probably Reginald1 gives ISBN 0060267364.
Library of Congress (LCCN, below) reports:
-- "Invalid ISBN 0060267364 (lib. ed.)"
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Cover image from Amazon US/UK 2018-07-08
(For ISBN 0060267364, both sites now report paperback, January 1973; no image.)
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Publication date and price confirmed in "Harper Junior Books Spring '73" NY Times 1973-05-06 p477 (Book Review p11, or BR11); this one, "Ages 10 and up May"
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Kirkus Reviews 1973-05-01 gives publ date 1973-05-01 (as posted 2011) in a review unusually positive for one not starred.
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SFE3 identifies Noonan as the cover artist--as expected of the interior illustrator, in a 1st ed.