O Brave New World...

Oh, my god, kindred soul. I LOATHE L'Engle. There is something in me, that even before the shoe or card or whatever has been dropped, reacts viscerally and disgustedly to Christianity in kids' books. I have felt alone in loathing L'Engle. Also, so fucking COLD WAR APOLOGIST.

Libby On Wednesdays is in that mode of smart socially ostracized girls who love to read! And write! But more interesting. Man, that makes me think of Harriet the Spy, Sport, and the truly fascinating Nobody's Family is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh. Those are awesome -- must add her to my ongoing long-assed list.

Have you read either Deborah Ellis or Suzanne Fisher Staples, by the way? They both focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan and girls. I mean to be reviewing them soon. Common plot device of girl-dresses-as-boy.