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Links to the websites of the authors mentioned in my Tots to Teens story A Genre for Girls can be found in the Storybook People sidebar of this blog. These links will tell you everything you need to know about the authors and their books.

If you're interested in purchasing girlsown books that are out-of-print (most are), try searching for them at the Bookfinder website. You can also try your luck with Girls Gone By Publishers, an independent concern that re-publishes out-of-print girlown novels. At GGB, you will also find links to other bookdealers who sell girlsown novels.   

Last but not least, the Girlsown mailing list is very useful and a lot of fun for anyone who is a fan of the genre. To find out more, check out its FAQ pages.

Comments

[YTSL]

Hi Daphne --

Tried to read your "A Genre for Girls" but found that it's no longer there on the Star's website. So...would you consider reprinting it on your own blog?

Also, I'm curious: Do you mean boarding school stories in general as "a genre for girls"? Hope not, since there are boy-centred books in that genre -- e.g., "Tom Brown's Schooldays" and Kipling's "Stalky and Co".

And if stories about teachers count -- and I'm thinking that they do since the
"Chalet School" series incorporates some of these -- then there's also my favorite "To Serve Them All My Days" by R. F. Delderfield.