Since starting a few months ago, this site has gotten terrific internet traffic from all over the world.  For this I’ve been grateful, and it’s my hope that the material here has  inspired at least some of our visitors to continue to promote a love of books among young people.  But in all honesty, I felt that the concept of Girls Guild — the whole pretend secret society aspect — didn’t inherently provide enough activities to make the site “sticky” as us internet nerds like to say.  That is, it was clear to me that folks would check out the site, be amused by the story and secret handshakes and all, and then move on.

Well, one day while I was musing on this, a light bulb went on — and it’s embarassing that it didn’t occur to me sooner because the idea is so obvious:  Girls Guild would work perfectly as a loose confederation of secret society themed book clubs!  Since Girls Guild celebrates reading and literacy, then (duh!) the main activity of the group should be getting together to talk about what else?  Great books!

Thus the big news for the site is this:  from now on, this site will be devoted to providing the free and creative commons non-commercial licensed material to any and all who might be interested in starting a local book club for girls that has a fun secret society/atlantis theme.  Thanks for checking it out!

1. Maid ————————– 0 to 10 Award Card Points
2. Baroness ——————— 10 to 15 Award Card Points
3. Grand Baroness ————- 16 to 20 Award Card Points
4. Countess ——————— 21 to 25 Award Card Points
5. Grand Countess ————- 26 to 30 Award Card points
6. Duchess ———————- 31 to 35 Award Card Points
7. Grand Duchess ————– 36 to 40 Award Card Points
6. Princess ———————- 41 to 50 Award Card Points
7. Queen ————————- 51 to 60 Award Card Points
8. Empress ———————- Over 60 Award Card Points

Remember, Girls Guild follows the honor system! So each Girls Guilder is in charge of honestly keeping track of her Award Card points!