Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Girls' Own
Sarah Ellis · 2002
70/100
👍 Worth It
A thoughtfully assembled Canadian anthology edited by a Governor General's Award winner, drawing on some of the strongest names in Canadian children's and YA literature. The range of voices and tones keeps things lively, and the celebration of diverse female experience across Canadian contexts gives it genuine cultural value. The uneven anthology format and thin critical documentation are the only real knocks.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety82
substance70
craft72
originality68
accuracy65
hype55
age-fit76
human-eye68
Penny’s verdict70
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