Title: Declarations of independence
First published: 2002
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.
Subjects: Girls in literature, Autonomy (Psychology) in literature, Teenage girls in literature, Young adult fiction, American, History and criticism, Girls, Books and reading, American Young adult fiction, Power (Social sciences) in literature, Young adult literature, history and criticism, American fiction, history and criticism, Psychology in literature, Youth, books and reading
LC classification: PS374.G55 B76 2002