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The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award — Content Guide for Parents

By Blanche McCrary BoydKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group2011-02-02ISBN 9780307766663220 pages
The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award

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Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

No matter how hard she tries, Ellen Burns will never be Scarlett O'Hara. As a little girl in South Carolina, she prefers playing Tarzan to playing Jane. As a teenage beauty queen she spikes her Cokes with spirits of ammonia and baffles her elders with her Freedom Riding sympathies. As a young woman in the 1960s and '70s, she hypnotizes her way to Harvard, finds herself as a lesbian, then very nearly loses herself to booze and shamans. And though the wry, rebellious, and vision-haunted heroine of this exhilarating novel may sometimes seem to be living a magnolia-scented Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman, Blanche McCrary Boyd's The Revolution Of Little Girls is a completely original arid captivating work.

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  • Is The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award appropriate for a 7-year-old?

    Book title mentions violence/war themes. No violence detected in the search results. No scary content detected in the search results.

  • Does The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award have violence?

    Book title mentions violence/war themes. No violence detected in the search results.

  • Does The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award have scary content?

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  • Does The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award have religious themes?

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  • Does The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award have racial/cultural content?

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  • Does The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award have profanity?

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  • Does The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award have climate change?

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  • Does The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award have sexual identity?

    The narrative includes early experimentation with lesbian affairs, indicating a focus on sexual identity and relationships. This content is framed as part of the protagonist's journey of self-discovery.

  • Does The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award have gender roles?

    The book is described as a 'rollicking, kaleidoscopic trip through the drug-tinged lesbian-feminist counter-culture of the 1970s', suggesting a critique of traditional gender roles and an exploration of feminist themes.

  • Does The Revolution of Little Girls Lambda Literary Award have lgbtq+ themes?

    The book features characters who are gay, straight, and bisexual, indicating a diverse representation of sexual orientations. The narrative explores themes related to lesbian identity and relationships, particularly through the protagonist's experiences with lesbian affairs at an early age, which normalizes LGBTQ+ experiences.