My Favorite Book Of All Time. I reread it every year!

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	• An Old-Fashioned Girl (Puffin Classics) Louisa May Alcott Puffin, 1996 - 360 pages average customer review:based on 47 reviews view larger image
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My favorite book of all time!

I was introduced to An Old-Fashioned Girl when I was in fourth grade, and I must have read it hundreds of times since. Now that I am in college, I've read Plato, Aristotle, Dante, and other famous authors. But none of these authors have impacted me as much as this classic by Louisa May Alcott. This book gave me the confidence I needed to hold true to my values, and whenever I am tempted to give in to peer pressure, I just think about Polly and her bronze boots. I love this book, and I'm sure I will continue rereading it until the time I die. A definite classic that leaves you feeling warm inside!

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The poignant story of an "old-fashioned girl."

I am 18 and have read this book at least 30 times. Its simplicity and reality seem to reach into my soul and I seem to have found a "kindred spirit" in the heroine. No other fictitious character has ever moved me as has Polly, an old-fashioned girl. A country girl named Polly is visiting city friends and comes to realize that this world is quite different than which she has left. Here people are judged according to their dress and manner of speech rather than for their honesty and hardwork. Yet all who meet Polly cannot help but be enamored of her; her sweet simplicity is unlike any that they have ever seen, and soon everyone comes to realize that Polly is not someone to be laughed at and ridiculed, but someone to put upon a pedistal for failing to become willing prey to the cynicism of the times. Polly is the most understanding and genuine character I have ever read about. Her love for others and her unwillingness to lower her standards and morals for popularity are an inspiration to people of all ages and prove that nothing is wrong with being "an old fashioned girl."

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My Favorite Book Of All Time. I reread it every year!

As an african american woman in her fourties, I was given this book when I was 10 years old. I longed for a life of riches and a different place in life. Polly's story touched me in ways you can never imagine. Made me appreciate the best of my own life and what being "an old-fashioned girl" had to offer in terms of family, friends and values. I re-read it every year to center my thoughts and my view of mankind. All girls should read it. Polly's story runs circles around Jo's story for me!

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Reading ages 9-12? More like 8 to death! I'm in the 11th grade and I STILL love this book. My old copy got worn out...I need to buy a new one.

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Never Too Old To Enjoy A Children's Book

This book has been one of my favorites since the first time I read it. Though it's one-time neighbors on my bookshelf have been replaced by stiff philosophers and erudite scholars, it still holds its own among my collection.

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