There are books that kids want to read and those others that parents or educators want them to read. A Most Clever Girl, How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice is a fascinating illustrated book because it straddles the line between the two very well. Jane Austen’s books are the stuff that high school students dread reading. Sure they are classic books, lauded by teachers, and have two centuries of weight behind them. However, her books have very little relevance to most casual readers and those tween readers that are forced to read them. On the contrary, A Most Clever Girl, How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice is a fun book that shows younger readers how entertaining and (gasp) fun her books are, especially when viewed through the prism of 1800.
Make kids want to read Jane Austen, we dare you