What girls are made of

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Elana K. Arnold: What girls are made of (2017, Carolrhoda Lab)

200 pages

English language

Published Nov. 23, 2017 by Carolrhoda Lab.

ISBN:
978-1-5124-1024-2
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5 stars (1 review)

When Nina Faye was fourteen, her mother told her there was no such thing as unconditional love. Nina believed her. Now she'll do anything for the boy she loves, to prove she's worthy of him. But when he breaks up with her, Nina is lost. What is she if not a girlfriend? What is she made of? Broken-hearted, Nina tries to figure out what the conditions of love are."Finally, finally, a book that is fully girl, with all of the gore and grace of growing up female exposed." Carrie Mesrobian, author of the William C. Morris finalist, Sex & Violence Afterword, Author Biography.

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reviewed What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold

2022 #FReadom read 16/20

5 stars

What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K Arnold was the 16th book in my 2022 #FReadom quest to read books that have been threatened or removed from Texas libraries and schools. As dads, we should fight for our daughters' access to meaningful stories like this. elanakarnold.com/book/what-girls-made/

After the horrific paroxysms of toxic masculinity Texas saw this week in Uvalde, there's no justifying telling kids to avert their eyes from the images of martyrs, virgins, saints, and realities of female growing up that Arnold captures in Nina's deeply truthful voice.

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Family problems
  • Dating (Social customs)
  • Sex