Rite of Passage

In 2198 man lives precariously on hastily-established colony worlds and in seven giant starships. The ships test their children by casting them out to live or die in a month of Trial in the hostile wilds of a colony world. Mia Haveros is thirteen years old, and her trial is fast approaching. She must learn not only the skills that will keep her alive but the deeper courage to face herself and her world.