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Tomboy
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Tomboy
by
Norma Klein
Somewhat apprehensive about growing up, 10-year-old Antonia tries to cope with changes in herself and her friends.
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An unusually mediocre Norma Klein. An average 10 year old girl nicknamed Toe is pressured into being more of a "tomboy" by her best friend. Toe hates sports and likes her dolls although she legitimately has boys as friends and has not yet entered into that gendered weirdness where girls and boys drift into their exclusive tribes. She is portrayed so realistically as an average little girl, still having sleepovers with little boys and playing with dolls, that it is alarming and bizarre when she g...more
Oct 03, 2012
Kate Farrell
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Shelves:
children-s-books
Jan 22, 2012
Andrea Lipinski
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3 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
books-from-my-childhood
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Norma Klein was born in New York City and graduated cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College with a degree in Russian. She later received her master's degree in Slavic languages from Columbia University.
Ms. Klein began publishing short stories while attending Barnard and since then she had written novels for readers of all ages. The author got her ideas from everyday life...more
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Ms. Klein began publishing short stories while attending Barnard and since then she had written novels for readers of all ages. The author got her ideas from everyday life...more
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