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Strong Girls Make Great Main Characters

Post Published: November 8, 2010

There are a lot of titles filling up our shelves with girls who kind of let life and guys happen to them.

We hate to lay the blame at the feet of any particular characters, (we’re not judging, Bells, really), but enough with the love triangles! We’re in the mood for something different. How about some books with girls who are making their own story? How about some titles where the girls aren’t focusing on stealing boys from one another or making other girls feel awful. (As The Readergirlz say, down with girl on girl violence!) Here are a few books where the girls are definitely driving their own stories and they are doing it with the support of… other ladies….
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November 8, 2010 by Web Editor Filed Under: News Archive

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