3-4 entries summarizing scholarly secondary sources for this question: Questions of identity, including gender identity, frequently emerge as important in children’s literature. Some books question and even challenge the validity of socially assigned gender roles. Consider the extent to which traditional femininity is enforced and the extent to which it is critiqued in two of the following class texts: Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, The Story of the Amulet, Voices in the Park, Coraline, The Marrow Thieves.
