Reviews for The Real Me

The average rating for The Real Me based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-04-08 00:00:00 Jon Stran I'm so glad someone made the decision to reprint. This is a really great book for young girls, the lessons on bigotry don't hit you over the head too hard, and it's just an interesting story about a fun female character who fights for her right to work as a newspaper deliverer and participate in her school's "boys only" sports program. It was first published in the early seventies, so some societal progress has been made, but that doesn't stop the story from relevancy (unfortunately!) for present day pre-teens. I especially loved it as a pre-teen paper carrier myself when I first read it back in the seventies. It underscores the need to go after what you want no matter what the cause, an important lesson at any age. I was discussing this book with an ignoramus recently who referred to it as "that dyke junior book" and I want to emphasize that this story makes no references, not even covertly, to sexuality or orientation at all, it is about an ELEVEN year old. And if an eleven year old girl wants to play tennis and deliver newspapers, I'm pretty sure it isn't any kind of statement about sexual preference, unless I've been a lesbian all these years and didn't know it. Which would probably be fine with my husband. But I don't believe that even the most right wing arch conservative would find this an inappropriate or offensive book for their children. I whole heartedly endorse this for all my home schooling associates as well.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-21 00:00:00 Dee Sheffer Reading a couple books off my shelf at my childhood home. This one has aged surprisingly well and has a great message for young girls.