‘Girls Are Taking Over!’ She Said, With a Laugh
Or – how a Hatchet job took over book discourse this week.
Note from The WilderNet: I'm not sure when the narrative started that we only ever read girl-centered books in school. I never read Hatchet but I did read My Side of the Mountain, Sign of the Beaver, Red Badge of Courage, Lord of the Flies and a bunch of Steinbeck.
Discussions
- "Boy" books vs "girl" books
On Twitter there is a whole discussion happening about a lot of boys felt like they were forced to read really boring, girl-centered books all through high school.
While I would agree that most of my English curriculum was comprised of books I would not have personally chosen…