Originally Posted by Platypus101
But.... a caveat for younger kids. The sexism can be brutal - all the more so for being casual and unintentional reflection of the times, not deliberately misogynistic - and the racism iffy at times as well.

Good point. I'll have to keep that in mind in recommending literature for my own DD10, though she tends to detect this sort of thing and squawk about it. You should get her warmed up on Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty some time. The gradual evolution of Disney princesses from helpless slugs awaiting male rescue to powerful characters in their own right is something we've talked about a lot, and so I think she could read something like Heinlein through that same lens, and see it for what it is, a reflection of a previous time and culture.