Heinlein Juveniles - Podkayne of Mars

Podkayne of Mars

Heinlein wrote "I grew so fond of Maureen that I helped her to get rid of that excess weight, changed her name to "Podkayne," and moved her to Mars (along with her unbearable kid brother)." Heinlein felt that a particular ending for Podkayne of Mars, published in 1963, was dramatically necessary to the story. Early readers hated it, however, and he reluctantly changed it. In 1995 the book was rereleased with both the published and original endings.

Podkayne's categorization as a "Heinlein juvenile" is unclear. Many reviewers list it with the juveniles, and it is narrated by a teenager, but Heinlein himself did not regard it is a "juvenile".