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2. List of tomboys in fiction - Wikipedia

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   Roberta is the proclaimed tomboy of the girls, [24] stemming primarily from her upbringing in a family consisting of her father and three older brothers, her mother having died in a car accident when she was four. As a girl, she tapes her breasts to flatten them, plays sports, and never hesitates to fight a boy. Samantha Swoboda P.U.N.K.S. 1999

3. Caddie Woodlawn - Wikipedia

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   Set in the 1860s, the novel is about a lively eleven-year-old tomboy named Caroline Augusta Woodlawn, nicknamed "Caddie", living in the area of Dunnville, Wisconsin. As a young girl, she made the journey there from Boston with her family, one that nearly cost her life. Sickly and weak, she is allowed to run wild with her brothers, Tom and ...

4. Tomboy - Wikipedia

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   The word "tomboy" is a compound word which combines "tom" with "boy". Though this word is now used to refer to "boy-like girls", the etymology suggests the meaning of tomboy has changed drastically over time. [2] In 1533, according to the Oxford Dictionary of English, "tomboy" was used to mean a "rude, boisterous or forward boy". By the 1570s ...

5. Alanna: The First Adventure - Wikipedia

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   Alanna of Trebond and her twin brother Thom may be twins, but are very different; Alanna is a tomboy who dreams of being a knight, and Thom wishes to become a sorcerer. Unfortunately, Alanna is shortly to be dispatched by their inattentive father to a temple in the City of the Gods, to learn to become a young lady—to her, a fate worse than ...

6. A Bad Boy Can Be Good For a Girl - Wikipedia

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   The School Library Journal cited the free verse as a highlight of the book, naming A Bad Boy Can Be Good For a Girl its "Book of the Week" in January 2006. [ 5 ] A Bad Boy Can Be Good For a Girl landed on the American Library Association 's Top 10 Banned Books List in 2013 because of its inclusion of drugs, alcohol, and smoking; nudity ...

7. Breaking Down the Biggest Differences Between ‘A Good Girl’s ...

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   A Good Girl's Guide to Murder left an impression with its Netflix debut — but how does the TV adaptation compare to the original book series?. The six-part adaptation is based on the novel of ...

8. 'Girls Like Me': Book encourages Black girls to study STEM - AOL

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   She's endeavoring to change that with her new book, "Girls Like Me," written to encourage Black girls ages 3 to 8 to pursue studies and careers in STEM – which is the areas of science ...

9. Bacha posh - Wikipedia

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   If one of the daughters is a tomboy, she may be more likely to be chosen as bacha posh than her sisters; however, the choice is made by the family without the girl's input. [1] A girl living as a boy will dress in characteristic male clothing, have her hair cut short, [5] and use a male name. [6]