All Summer in a Day

All Summer in a Day has a setting that is on Venus and in a classroom. Read this summary to understand the book better.

The story is mainly about Margot, a girl who moved to Venus from Earth five years earlier. She is a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years. She fondly remembers the sun and the way it looked and felt. She does not play much with the other children in the underground city they live in and she is an outcast because of her sensitivity and that she may return to Earth.

The kids are jealous of her because she remembers the sun. She almost exploded from living with the never ending rain because she got tired of it.

The other children do not believe her when she talks about the sun and the class bully starts to mess with her. So, while the teacher is out of the room, he convinces the other children to lock Margot in the closet.
The teacher finally comes back and takes the children outside once the sun comes out. They finally see the sun and the sky. When they are outside they forget about Margot.

Once the rain starts, the children go back inside. Then one of the children remembers that Margot is still locked in the closet. They walk to the closet, realizing what they have done, and let Margot out.

I liked how Ray used Venus as the setting so I wanted to find out if it is possible for humans, with the technology that we have now, to live on Venus and I found many interesting things. They say Venus may be the least hospitable place for life in the solar system, Venus's atmosphere is composed mostly of carbon dioxide, the dense atmosphere produces greenhouse effect that raises Venus's surface temperature, and Venus's surface is actually hotter than Mercury's despite it being nearly twice as far from the Sun.

Sounds like it would be nearly imposable to live on Venus. I'm just glad that I'm right here down-to-Earth.