The ''Tas'' series is a pair of children's

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novels written by

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, under the pseudonym of E. C. Eliott. The books were illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell. They are set, at least at the beginning, at the

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in Australia.

Plot

Tas and his friends have adventures with rockets and spaceships.

Books

# ''Tas and the Postal Rocket'' (1955) # ''Tas and the Space Machine'' (1955)

References

The Reginald Alec Martin Website
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