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| The Daring Book for Girls | 
 enlarge | Authors: Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz
Publisher: Collins
Category: Book
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  143 reviews
Sales Rank: 919
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061472573
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.7008342
EAN: 9780061472572
ASIN: 0061472573
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 More of a Warning than a Review November 12, 2007
86 out of 192 found this review helpful
You can read the editorial review and find out what cool things are in this book, but I wanted to add that there are many occultic themes included in the book as well. These include palm reading, Bloody Mary, Light As a Feather, the custom behind and making of God's Eyes, etc. It also includes stories on infamous women that some might not want to teach their daughters. If I had known what all the book truly included, I would not have purchased it, and I more than likely will not keep it.
 feminist/ athiest book November 20, 2007
82 out of 294 found this review helpful
I bought The Daring Book For Girls and i was very disappointed to read the sections on palm reading, Bloody Mary(encouraging girls to contact the dead), and light as a feather stiff as a board ("pretending" that the person is dead, and making up how the person died while chanting, and pretending to levitate them.) I am a Christian, and I would be offended if someone bought this if I had a daughter. I bought this for my niece, and it will be sent back. Playing around with the occult is not a game. I know some say it's just a "game," but so a ouiji board, and that's just as scary. I also didn't like how there is not a section in the book on boys, like the book for boys has on girls. In my opinion, this book seems to be written from a atheist, feminist perspective. The book would have been ok, had those sections not been included.
Dumb spiritualism stuff ruins it December 15, 2007
72 out of 169 found this review helpful
What looks like - and is billed as - an empowering book for girls instead promotes some of the least empowering beliefs on the planet.
It's a real shame. We liked the "Dangerous for Boys" book. We had looked forward to the girls' turn. But what could be a good book is weighted down with phoney baloney spiritualism. Pretty disappointing.
Palm reading...summoning ghosts...slumber party levitation games are among the "daring" activities presented.
Oh yeah, I know, I know, it's just for fun, get a life. Oooo, let's scare our daughters silly. But the "Boys" book didn't have this kind of stuff. Why should our girls have their minds polluted with it?
The boys get practical down to earth fun things to create and do. The girls get parlor games. This is empowering?Just because you did this at a slumber party 30 years ago makes it a time honored tradition to be upheld? I'd feel the same way if the "Boys" book had instruction in halloween pranks I participated in when I was a kid. Some things aren't worth passing on to the next generation.
Whether you object to exposing your daughter to this kind of stuff for religious, scientific, or any other reason, don't buy this book.
 Highest Compliments Department October 28, 2007
69 out of 89 found this review helpful
One of the highest compliments the author of a book for younger readers can get is from a parent who says, "I wish there had been a book like this when I was a kid."
My guess is that authors Buchanan and Peskowitz will hear this a fair amount from older readers who fall prey to their daughters' nightstands. Despite its sidekick status as the companion volume for the extraordinarily successful The Dangerous Book for Boys, The Daring Book for Girls more than holds its own. Like the boys' volume, this one has a great, retro design, and handsome interior layout.
But content is where the Daring Book really shines. It has terrific pacing, as the chapters alternate between activities and interesting information about history and culture. The underlying emphasis is on being active and (dare I write it?) daring. There's a can-do tone that informs Daring Book that I found really admirable... and my guess is that boys who voyage beyond its front cover will as well. Terrific work! See also The Big Book of Girl Stuff, the best book for this readership that I've ever written. :)
Save Your Money November 19, 2007
60 out of 127 found this review helpful
Ordered this for my 15 year old daughter for Christmas based on the reviews and must admit when I opened it I was dumbfounded. This book had NOTHING, that my daughter or I would consider remotely useful, interesting or age appropriate. The activities are really more geared to girls 8-10 in my opinion. I am returning this immediately. Save your money.
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