When I was a younger reader, I avoided stories about boys. A friend of mine sought them out because the boys had all the best adventures and the girls were always learning how to be 'good'; I kept reading stories about girls in search of the ones who were 'bad'
The details are here. In short, it's all about having fun. (So says Carl, the inimitable host.) Shouldn't be much of a challenge, really, with great company and great stories. There are many quests from which to choose. I'd like to opt for the Multi-Quest version, please. That's Quest the Second (with at
Ten-year-old Judith isn't very concerned that Armageddon is coming. In fact, she's not sorry that soon "nothing of this old world will be left". "[I]t’s good because polar bears are starving and trees are dying and if you put a plastic bag in the earth it will never
Not in your neighbourhood, right? When you think about trafficking, you think of "Thai girls in shackles", or "Russian girls held at gunpoint by the mob", or "illegal border crossings, fake passports, and captivity". You don't think of Americans trafficking Americans; that doesn't happen to American girls. You
Harper Collins, 2011 Peggy Orenstein's to start with. But Cinderella has consumed countless little girls, and she has not yet had her fill. And that's not only speaking of the Grimm Brothers version of "Cinderella". Though readers know there are far grimmer versions (certainly gorier, with stepsisters lopping
