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<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">Book six in the Girlfriend fiction series.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a style="font-size: 110%;" href="http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=397&amp;book=9781741755558"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Click here for details or to buy.</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">Thalia says, 'Dancing and writing are two of my favourite things, so writing about dancing is pretty much heaven for me!'</span></p>
<p><a style="font-size: 110%;" href="http://www.thaliakalkipsakis.com/storage/Step Up and Dance peek preview.pdf"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Read the first chapter of Step Up and Dance</span></a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.thaliakalkipsakis.com/girlfriend-fiction/rss-comments-entry-2249204.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>What Supergirl Did Next</title><dc:creator>Thalia</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:33:45 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.thaliakalkipsakis.com/girlfriend-fiction/2008/9/10/what-supergirl-did-next.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">273424:2760614:2253387</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><img src="http://www.thaliakalkipsakis.com/storage/Supergirl web girlfriend fiction.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1237523063366" alt="" width="150" height="219" /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 110%;">Jade is a girl who knows what she wants. She knows how to get it too. But when a sexist remark gets her blood boiling, Jade fights back with all she has.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 110%;"><em>Thalia says:</em> 'The seed of the idea was very much the race between a girl and a guy. As I was writing, though, Jade&rsquo;s relationship with her mum and her sister&nbsp;became more important to her journey. I think it&rsquo;s because these gender issues (ie &lsquo;women fighting for their rights&rsquo;) are also about how women treat each other &ndash; how our mothers influence us, and how we react when our friends make different choices than our own. I find it interesting that an idea that was meant to be about gender conflict became so much about female relationships.'</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 2.85pt;"><a style="font-size: 110%;" href="http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&amp;book=9781741758672"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Click here for details or to buy.</span></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 2.85pt;"><a style="font-size: 110%;" href="http://www.thaliakalkipsakis.com/storage/supergirl.pdf"><span style="font-size: 110%;">Read teacher reviews of <em>What Supergirl Did Next</em>.</span></a></p>
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