Heinlein's final science fiction novel aimed at a juvenile audience. This book is remarkable in Golden Age science fiction for avoiding romance between the two (primarily through their age difference), though Pee Wee does occasionally have to scold Kip for the inefficiencies his ideas of chivalry create at times. year is 2075 Young Kip must navigate a series of space obstacles by his scientific know-how and practical can-do attitude, with the help of little Pee Wee, only ten years old but a genius who can do interstellar mathematical calculations in her head. General signs of age and use in places NOT EX-Library, B/W Frontispiece, ink gift inscription, ink ownership stamps featuring the science prodigy and tomboy Peewee joining the boy hero Kip on his adventures. People still find Journey to the Center of the Earth immensely entertaining even though they know Verne was full of lala regarding his science. Name written on page edges on side - A few other markings in books. HBDJ, NOT EX-Library, 1972 ON TITLE PG, 1ST UK EDITION, 2ND PRINTING, VG- book LITE WEAR, but jacket is in very good condition.
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