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Skurnick, Lizzie.
SHELF DISCOVERY : TEEN CLASSICS WE NEVER STOPPED READING
New York : Avon, 2009
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ISBN 0061756350
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 This collection of essays celebrates children's and YA classics through the ages.  All the books have strong female characters.  The author reflects on her feelings while reading books by Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Lois Duncan and more.  Do you remember how you felt the first time you encountered Harriet the Spy?  Did you fantasize about being Nancy Drew solving mysteries?
SUBJECTS:     Young adult literature -- History and criticism.
                        Teenagers -- United States -- Books and reading.
                        Girls -- United States -- Books and reading.
                        Heroes and heroines in literature.
                        Girls in literature.
                        Characters and characteristics in literature.

 
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