SF Short story, Planet with only 1 hour of sun every XX years--kids lock girl in closet when sun com

I read a science fiction short story as a kid/middle schooler. It took place on another planet, where the sun only came out every seven years or so, and only for an hour. A little girl in the class who had moved there from Earth kept talking about how she knew what the sun was like, and how wonderful it was. All the other kids hated her for it and locked her in the closet. Then, the sun came out and they forgot about her while they played and rejoiced (until the sun went back in for another seven or so years).

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All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

Thank you, thank you, thank you for that. I forgot about that story. I read in way back in middle school, and loved it from that moment, as it was written so well. But (as many children) I didn't realize how powerful it was until a long time after I'd forgotten the name and title. Thank you for bringing back into my life. Even if I'm not the person who actually requested it.

Yes! Thank you! I was trying to remember this book too. Had no idea it was Bradbury -- I remember the WonderWorks dramatization of it in the 1980s here in the States on Public Broadcasting. I read it not long after watching it on TV.

This is awesome! I have been thinking about that story a lot lately (having just moved to Olympia, WA, where it seems to always be cloudy!) and had no idea whether I'd be able to track it down. A long-shot Google search for "short story planet sun" found this discussion in one short hop. This story made a big impact on me when I was younger, and I've never forgotten it. Thanks!!

It's so funny...everyone seems to remember this story, but no one ever seems to remember the title/author! I've had to answer this question any number of times in the course of my life, ha.

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no one ever seems to remember the title/author!

Speak for yourself. The number of people who jump on this question every time it's asked suggest otherwise.

What a memory. It was supposed to be on Venus. We read that in the 4th grade back in 1969 and it was so freaky I still remember it. I couldn't understand why the kids were so mean to her, of course I would probably have been the one to get locked in the closet.

#7 I'm not speaking for myself; I always remember it, too. I just mean that this particular story seems to get asked about a LOT, by a lot of people. I mean, I've had to tell the title/author to my own mother at least three or four times in the last ten years or so because she keeps forgetting it, even though she remembers loving the story so much. The "no one" part is hyperbole, of course, because obviously SOME people remember the info.

I guess my point was just that this particular story seems to resonate with people when they read it, enough that they remember the plot many years later but can't find the original story anymore. And I just think that's interesting.

#9, I have noticed that too. Just like House of Stairs. I read that book just because it comes up so frequently on here.

#10, omg, i read House of Stairs as a kid and I've been wanting to read it as an adult because i *know* there are things in it i wasn't able to understand back then. So glad this came up, because I've never seen or hear of it book since then!

(oh, and the rain story is another one that i also remember reading as a kid and never could track down. really like bradbury, never would have remembered it was by him.)

i think about that book all the time, must have made a big impression on us in grade school...i always told people that i thought edgar allan poe wrote it...glad to finally know...