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Dee, Catherine. The Girls' Guide to Life: Take Charge of Your Personal Life, Your School Time, Your Social Scene, and Much More!


DEE, Catherine. The girls' guide to life; take charge of your personal life, your school time, your social scene, and much more! 2nd ed. Little, Brown. 144p. illus. bibliogs, notes, index, c2005. 0-316-73628-7 $15.99. JS

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 and Maya Angelou Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism.  make up this workbook-looking volume. It grabs the reader's attention immediately. Cyndi Lauper, the singer, is quoted as saying, "When I was I0, I was told somebody's got to clean the fish. Well, my idea of feminism is that everyone cleans the fish." This is the tone of the book: frivolity Frivolity
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 interlaced Refers to a display system or image that uses interlacing and does not render contiguous lines one after the other. See interlace and interlaced GIF.  with seriousness. Catherine Dee puts important information and resources in a lively format. There are useful ideas here, such as how to write a letter to someone who is harassing you. The book does an amazing a·maze  
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 job of enticing readers to learn and be empowered. The author's website is www.empowergirls.com and is well worth a look. Sherri Ginsberg, Libn., Chapel Hill, NC
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Date:Jan 1, 2006
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