Tough Girls Don't Accept &$%!# from Anyone.

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    • Subject Terms:
      Graceling (Book); Hunger Games, The (Book : Collins)
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the tough girl characters in some young adult fantasy and science fiction. A brief overview of the lead girl character in Kristin Cashore's "Graceling, The Hunger Games" is given. In her 26 young adult novels, Tamora Pierce pioneered the female heroine, the woman warrior, knight, spy and a "dog" police detective. Some novels with girl characters who disguised as boys are "Girl in the Arena," by Lise Haines and "The Green Angel," series by Alice Hoffman.