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Pat Murphy
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When I finish a book, sometimes I feel a great sense of privilege and gratitude for the chance to be so nourished and inspired. I felt all this while reading The Wild Girls. I felt my own wild girl, who wanted to be a writer at age twelve and would have given anything to have had authentic creative friends like Sarah and Joan. ''I met the Queen of the Foxes (Sarah) in 1972,'' writes Joan, ''when my family moved from Connecticut to California.'' Joan doesn't feel close to her parents or brother, and she is lonely, until she encounters the Queen in the woods near her home, a girl who lives in a rundown house with her writer father and has no idea where her mother is. Both girls are madly creative and find the woods a natural home for their imaginations and storytelling gifts. Fox and Newt (Joan's wild name) find great refuge and delight in each other. When the girls enter a writing contest and win, they have the chance to attend a summer writing program taught by an older free-spirited teacher. This class is pivotal. Life is hard, especially with family and emotions, and writing and nature help the girls discover their innate power, their budding gifts and truth. I can't think of a better way to inspire young girls to trust the earth and their natural wildness as guides to be all they can and want to be in the world.
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(Ages: 10 - 14 years)
#12533 - Hardcover Book - 288 pgs
Our price $16.99
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