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Readergirlz (http://www.readergirlz.com)

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Online girl teen book club makes reading cool.

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What parents need to know

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.

Educational value: Makes reading fun!
Positive messages: There's a girl power feel to the site -- from the books and music they pick to feature to the bright, happy design. The site is all about "celebrating strong girls in books who've got the guts to dream."
Violence: Not applicable.
Sex: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: Not applicable.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Not applicable.
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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.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 
One of the most engaging areas of the site is the "Readergirlz Community Challenge," where each month The Readergirlz Divas pick a cause related to the book and provide an outlet to make a difference.

Readergirlz.com starts with the premise that books can change lives -- they feed us, challenge us, and comfort us. The site then wants readers to shed the view that reading a book is passive and solitary; instead, books "rock our worlds" and demand active engagement.

This review was written by Amber Keyser
 
 

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VAmom
adult
 
Link alert!
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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bookprincess
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readergirlz is perfect. No one makes fun of me because i read 24/7
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Little Willow
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vvfrn2
parent of 14 year old
 
book reading tweens
this site is for girls who like to read but beware they advertise for MYSPACE
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JaciesSix
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music rockz
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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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