On Her Way: Stories and Poems about Growing Up Girl

Stories and poems by the likes of Marion Dane Bauer, Angela Johnson, Valiska Gregory and Linda Sue Park comprise On Her Way: Stories and Poems About Growing Up Girl, edited by Sandy Asher. The anthology, weighted more toward stories than poems, offers less controversial but no less thought-provoking material for preteens. Subjects include a girl who is mistaken for a boy on her first day at a new school, a magic bottle of make-up that bestows instant popularity on its wearer and a fresh spin on the Princess and the Pea that makes the case for true love.