Shannon reviews a book for upper grade and middle school readers that lives up to its hype.

Shannon discusses Peggy Orenstein's book Cinderella Ate My Daughter, and tries to put her own princess problems in perspective.

Shannon's book picks for adventure-loving girls of all ages.

Resigned to the princess phase, Shannon attempts the near-impossible: The princesses must not take over.

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It's no secret that I'm a Twilight fan. The books allowed me to joyfully indulge in cheesy, fluffy escapist fantasy. And the movies are no different. The first movie in the Twilight “saga” was enjoyable the same way campy b-movies are enjoyable. The effects were bad, the makeup was bad, the script was REALLY bad (er.... “spider monkey?”). It was low budget, and it showed.

One reason I  love reading historical fiction books is that, every once in a while, you get the magical feeling of a character stepping out of her time, reaching out across the pages to whisper her truths in your ear, and the amazing thing is that the two of you could be sisters.