Excerpted with permission from The Girls Guide to Absolutely Everything by Melissa Kirsch © 2006, Workman Publishing Company, Inc. Melissa Kirsch has been writing professionally for and about young women since 1998, when she was an editor at one of the first sites for girls on the Web. She has written for Nerve, Ladies’ Home Journal, National Geographic Traveler and ScientificAmerican.com.  A widely published poet and the recipient of numerous writing awards and fellowships, Melissa writes the “My Secret Library” column for KGB Bar Lit magazine and lives in New York City. Visit her online at www.melissakirsch.com.

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