FOUND so quickly! which heinlein juvenile

[spotshouse]

I'm trying to remember which Heinlein juvenile this is. I thought it was Podkayne of Mars, but I was wrong. The main things I remember are it was told from the viewpoint of a young girl. It took place on a large space ship. The kids had a sport in the area that gravity was very weak. They would strap on wings and fly. The boy she had a crush on

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[dark_phoenix54]

I can vividly remember the scene you're talking about- I thought it was a cave on the moon they flew in but it's been a loonnngg time since I read it- but cannot place it in the Heinlein universe. The only female-narrator he had at the time was Podkayne, that I can remember. Any chance it's a different author?

[spotshouse]

Oh, thank you so much! The hint was the moon. It was The Menace from Earth by Heinlein, a short story. Another female narrator, too! :)

[dark_phoenix54]

Oh, cool! I remember that being a female narrator now. Is that the story where they say people raised on earth can't have sex on the moon because they are just too bloody clumsy, and the narrator figures in the end it might be worth the effort to teach the guy?

edit: ah, a quick Google tells me I'm mixing it up with another story.

[spotshouse]

There were some observations by the narrator that the curvy earth woman seemed clumsy because of being top heavy. :)