 | Kindle: Amazon's Original Wireless Reading Device (1st generation)
Buy used from: $99.50 I'm sure parents of young ladies named Alex won't appreciate my recommending an expensive item. But it's a great educational tool. Even textbooks are available.
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 | Pride and Prejudice (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.01 When Jane Austen wrote this young women had only one career option--wife. Love and romance were luxuries few could afford. But smart girls fell in love anyway.
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 | Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.01 History is filled with fascinating women. Unfortunately, many are remembered only because of their relationships with famous men.
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 | Little Women (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
Buy new: $3.95 / Used from: $1.59 Louisa May Alcott's Civil War family saga--a roadmap to growing up female and strong.
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 | The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $7.98 The greatest poet in the English language (I'm a Ph.D. in English Language and Lit, so I have a right to proclaim this.)
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 | Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Buy used from: $0.01 A classic epic about a driven young woman who overcomes great hardship. In the end, she doesn't turn to a man to save her. She takes her life into her own hands.
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 | To Kill a Mockingbird (slipcased edition) by Harper Lee
Buy new: $25.20 / Used from: $11.98 Many people's favorite novel: The protagonist is a 7-year-old girl, one of the most charming characters in fiction.
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 | A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $0.51 One of the most romantic novels of all time--the French Revolution in all its horror--plus it's Dickens (that means a great read)
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 | Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7 by J. K. Rowling
Buy new: $114.07 / Used from: $93.88 Everyone should read Harry Potter.
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