Top Ten Greatest Literary Girl-Heroines of All Time! (in no particular order)

1. Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables)

2. Laura Ingalls (Little House)

3. Lyra Belacqua (His Dark Materials)

4. Hermoine Granger (Harry Potter)

5. Pollyanna (The Glad Books)

6. Madeline

7. Eloise

8. Sarah Crew (The Little Princess)

9. Mary Lennox (The Secret Garden)

10. Heidi

BONUS:

WORST Literary Girlhood-Heroine of All Time:

Bella Swan

In addition to being sulky, humorless and an all around wet blanket, Bella is unable to stand on her own without a man. Not exactly a great example for girls to emulate.