Declarations of independence
Subtitle: empowered girls in young adult literature, 1990-2001
By: Joanne Brown, Nancy St. Clair.
Contributors: St. Clair, Nancy.
Series: Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ;; no. 7; Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ;; 7.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Young adult fiction, American -- History and criticism.; Girls in literature.; Power (Social sciences) in literature.; Autonomy (Psychology) in literature.; Teenage girls in literature.; Girls -- Books and reading.
Description: "Through careful research that draws on recent scholarship about female adolescent development, Declarations of Independence situates this shift to a stronger female protagonist within a larger cultural context. The empowered girls in this book are defined through stories of historical and multicultural fiction, social realism, romance and adventure, fantasy, and memoir - with emphasis on books published after 1990.

The result is a collection of modern literature about adolescent girls who have real feelings, passions, and sometimes rebellious attitudes, and who act on those feelings to take control of their lives."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.