[SlowEmotionRepla...]

Any one know or can recommend some feminist literature for pre and early teen girls?

[Lyra]

What do you mean by feminist literature?

[Lucretia Borgia]

Hi, are you after literature about the feminist movement? I can't help you there (although I am sure someone will be along shortly who can).....some suggestions..fiction, but with strong female characters....and what I would view as a feminist message ....

The golden compass
Harriet the spy
A wrinkle in time
My brilliant career

The book which really stuck in my mind and "raised my conscience" (so to speak) is Virginia Woolf "a room of ones own" ...I read it at 17 though....(and every yr since...)

[katiebear26]

for fiction i loved trixie belden, she started her own 'detective' group with another female and although there are main male characters i liked her more than nancy drew. it is a little old fashioned i guess for today so not sure how 'feminist' it really is.

[SlowEmotionRepla...]

What do you mean by feminist literature?

Not necessarily about the feminist movement or history. Can be fiction or non fiction. I am not sure exactly what I mean. Something to help adolesant girls open their eyes to feminist issues or messages. Fiction books with strong central female characters is good too.

This post has been edited by SlowEmotionReplay: 16/02/2013, 09:19 PM

[MakeLoveNotBacon]

OP, I found this quite extensive list for young adults http://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/feminist

Having a quick look through the list I think some of the books would be suitable for a young teen. Some of them I wouldn't have considered 'feminist books' but they do have strong female roles.

[VintageEyes]

I loved reading Anne of Green Gables and other books by LM Montgomery. Full of strong minded female characters, I found them very inspiring ast that age.

[libbylu]

Kaz Cooke is a great modern feminist and has a book for girls this age:
http://www.penguin.com.au/girlstuff/

It is not so much about feminism, but about how to be teenage girl and maintain your self respect - which is pretty important I think!

[libbylu]

for fiction i loved trixie belden, she started her own 'detective' group with another female and although there are main male characters i liked her more than nancy drew. it is a little old fashioned i guess for today so not sure how 'feminist' it really is.

I loved Trixie Beldon too and she was a bit of a trail blazer for her time, but those times were certainly not feminist! The girls still prepare all the food and the boys do all the outdoor stuff etc. It's pretty traditional really - not that it's not worth a read.

[kadoodle]

Would she be keen on non-fiction?

Biographies of Ann Frank, Helen Keller, Marie Curie and Florence Nightingale were all ones I enjoyed as a pre-teen.