For all it's value as a useful tween/teen book club/recommendation source, this site includes an open link to MySpace. Families may have differing views about the wisdom of their kids participating in the exhibitionist/voyeuristic culture of today, but to actively promote this to tween girls seems a tad ... irresponsible for a site that's promoting intelligent, self-fulfilling activity to young women.
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Not age appropriate for kids under 9, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12. -
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Common Sense says
Online girl teen book club makes reading cool.
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Readergirlz
Parents need to know that this engaging site connects girls who love to read with one another and with the authors of some of today's best young adult novels. It highlights a book each month (with strong female characters) with author interviews and book club questions and also offers guidelines for starting a book club. The content is directly tied to the featured books, so depending on their themes, weighty topics may pop up. There's a link to the site's myspace page, where users can interact with one another through online chatting. A bonus: there's no advertising.
Read our full review by Amber Keyser
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about what makes for quality reading. Why do certain books touch us? Can we better understand a story when we hear from the author? What are the stories your daughter has to tell? Families may want to encourage daughters to start a face-to-face book club using the site's guidelines.
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Lives in VirginiaI rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itLink alert!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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this site is for girls who like to read but beware they advertise for MYSPACE
- Lives inI rate this title on for age 13 and give it
- Lives in VirginiaI rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
What?Good idea
This is mostly for girls that are just going in and are in middle school.You can be in high school this will realy help with the upcoming probles you'll face ahead.
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