Damn, I got here too late! I taught In the Time of the Butterflies this year, and really liked it as a teaching novel.

I also ordered THT to teach to my senior class but (a)we ran out of time/I got sick and (b) I re-read it for the first time in many years (I love Atwood, but I generally re-read Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride) and I was all fuck, the language in this is much more difficult than I remember. Granted, my students were mostly ELL/ESL.

It's funny that you mentioned Atwood though. One of the teaching positions I am applying for is a quite good all-girl's Catholic school, and I was just thinking how interesting it would be to teach Cat's Eye to a upper-level class.

Heh, I'm having a imaginary reading list for a Damn,ItCanSuckToBeATeenageGirl class in my head:

Cat's Eye
Girl, Interrupted
The Bell Jar
Buffy seasons 1 and 2, with selected highlights from 3-7
How the Garcia Girls Lost THeir Accents
short story "Boobs" by Suzy McKee Charnas

hmmm...this is before my morning cuppa....what else?!

what else?!

Little Women. And I'm not joking.

::hugs Teppy hard::

Hey, it sucks to be a teenage girl no matter what time period it is.

what else?!

Pride and Prejudice.

Alice Hoffman's Property Of?

I would be tempted to replace Pride and Prejudice with Sense and Sensibility, but that could be simply because I like the latter better.

Little Town on the Prairie. It's all about Laura and her getting a part-time job, going to school, admiring the boys/young men, socializing and indulging in teen fads, looking after her little sister, and taking on more adult responsibilities as she grows up. Yes, it's set 125 years ago, but the minutia of being a teenaged girl is what this installment of the series is all about.

Oh, Little Women! I have to get a copy of that. Why don't I have a copy?

I prefer Sense and Sensibility to P&P though. Always have.

I haven't read the Little House books in years. I re-read Little Women all the time, but not Little House. I may have to take a trip to the library today.