For my senior honors thesis, I am going to look at American fiction for girls. My topic is going to cover the Evolution of the Girls’ Book, and I am planning to explore novels spanning from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women to present ‘girl’ novels such as the Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar and how these novels can impact girl culture.

My question for you is … what novel changed your life as a young woman? And why? What books do you remember admiring as a young teen girl?

I want to know!