GWW girls have a “besetting sin,” known as “imagining too much.” Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables by L.M. My main criteria: a) Does the book star a gifted, weird, wise girl? b) Did the book beguile me as a teen or preteen? and c) Does the book raise tough issues or lead to strange high jinks? Because GWW girls can handle both. You may well ask, You left out Meg in A Wrinkle in Time? I plead for forgiveness up front, as I had to err on the side of personal taste when making the tough choices. This is a hard list to narrow, and I truly hated abandoning certain gifted, weird, wise girls for a short list of ten. Here’s my top ten list of old-school books about old-school girls, what one might call the YA of the 20th century before we called it YA. I’ve always felt the magnetic pull to stories about girls who didn’t fit, who chose the path of most resistance, who see the way clear to solving problems no one else attempts, who instigate annoyance, and who thrive on creativity. Nerd nation gals, the dork divas, the geek chicks. I write YA novels about gifted, weird, wise girls – GWW girls for short.
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